Friday, July 6, 2012

Photo Art Friday

Photo Art Friday
                                         
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Old Cook County Hospital Building 
                                     
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this building was featured in the movie The Fugitive and on the TV show ER. Although it is currently not open to the public, the facade, built in 1857, is said to be one of the best examples in the city of Beaux-Arts classical architecture.










I just played with these pictures using PSE, Pic Monkey and Foto Flexer.  I also used Bonnie's "Age It" texture on the first one.  Great fun ...

9 comments:

Linda/patchwork said...

Lovely old building. I'm glad it's still standing...'progress' hasn't taken it down.
I like the editing you did, too.
Thanks for sharing.

Pat said...

What a lovely old building. I love the editing you did on the detail shots!

Ida said...

Wow! What an amazing building. I love the shots with the Lion, Rams heads and Cherubs. - Those are really cool.
Looks like you had a great time processing too. I like the B/W version the most.

Deborah said...

what a fabulous building, and your captures and renderings are superb!

Laerte Pupo said...

Lovely posting. Nice job with the details of the building.

Edna B said...

What a beautiful old building. You did a great job with the details, and I do like your "night renderings".

Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. said...

Your close-ups and edits are just great! What a beautiful bldg. Thank you for sharing with Photo Art Friday.

River said...

Thanks for visiting my blog. I like these pictures. Old buildings are so wonderfully decorated, modern glass towers are shiny, but bland to look at.

Kathy Reed said...

Wonderful shapes...architecture is art and you honor it..

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