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Archive 2008 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

hamish11
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p.1 #1 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

I was in Chicago for business and had my 40D with a friend's 17-55 2.8 IS on it and ventured out to Grant Park for the Obama rally. Didn't have a ticket so I had to settle for the overflow area with Jumbotron screen. Tried to capture to the emotions of the crowd. C&C appreciated.

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The rest can be viewed on my Flickr page at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j_blair/sets/72157608757769031/

Nov 08, 2008 at 05:59 PM

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p.1 #2 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

Brings chills all over again. Great job capturing the emotion of the event. My fave is #4. There's a lot of energy in that pic. Thanks so much for sharing.

Nov 08, 2008 at 06:18 PM

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p.1 #3 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

I think 4 captures the energy the most as digigirl has expressed

Nov 08, 2008 at 07:47 PM

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p.1 #4 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

Great job in capturing the various emotions. Good compositions, especially #2.

Edited by Guest on Nov 09, 2008 at 12:16 PM

Nov 08, 2008 at 09:14 PM

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p.1 #5 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

btw,,, great shots and #3 is packed with raw emotion and is my favorite. Thanks for posting these.

Nov 09, 2008 at 01:51 AM

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p.1 #6 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

I love #1. #4 is a great crowd shot. Nice work.

Did people think it was odd you were taking pictures of them? Or did they not even notice?

Nov 09, 2008 at 11:58 AM

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p.1 #7 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

FSJ_Guy,

Thanks, somehow I think they got used to getting their picture taken pretty quickly.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/3012553260_65fdc0909f_b.jpg

Nov 09, 2008 at 03:38 PM

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p.1 #8 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

Look at all those L's ;-)

Nov 10, 2008 at 05:34 PM

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p.1 #9 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

, and that was just the guys to the right of me!

Nov 11, 2008 at 01:57 PM

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p.1 #10 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

Wow, what incredible shots of an incredible night. You really captured the emotions of the crowd, and by all reports, people around the world. I especially like #3 and #4, they so clearly show the overwhelming joy and excitement that this historical moment brought to so many people, myself included. Well done.

Nov 11, 2008 at 02:32 PM

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p.1 #11 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

Are those 24-70's they are shooting?

Nov 11, 2008 at 06:22 PM

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p.1 #12 · Obama Election Rally - Grant Park

Based on the flared end, my guess is that these are 16-35's.

Nov 11, 2008 at 07:28 PM


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