My day through my lens

Northerly Island Chicago

2016-03-08T22:49:00.000-09:00

The Milky way.

2015-10-16T21:36:00.002-09:00

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Chicago Chinatown

2015-10-05T21:59:00.000-09:00

Fall at the Arboretum

2015-10-03T22:38:00.000-09:00

Bike the Drive

2015-05-26T20:11:00.001-09:00

Lunch at University

2015-05-18T04:14:00.000-09:00

The Draft Town

2015-05-14T07:57:00.000-09:00

Nikon 1/200 sec at f/8.0, ISO 200, 50mm (50.0 mm f/1.8).
Downtown Chicago during the Draft Town week. I like the idea of a lower shot to capture the city, people, team represented there.

She is back!

2015-03-18T14:31:00.000-09:00

This picture was taken a few years back, and I decided to give a different retouch to it. New technics, different view of the process. I got inspired by Julia Kuzmenko, the amazing photographer.

Thanksgiving Travelers

2014-11-29T21:06:00.000-09:00

Chicago Water and Air Show 2014

2014-08-19T16:32:00.000-09:00

#ChiAirandWater #Chicago #Cityofchicago #Chi #Cesarwilsonphotography #Blueangels

Chicago Fireworks

2014-08-08T12:08:00.001-09:00

Beautiful evening for fireworks in Chicago. Settings, for this ones 5 sec, f/11, ISO 400 and some LR and PS processing.

Bad Weather! No Problem!

2014-07-18T08:20:00.000-09:00

Original photo of my friend Guilherme.

Picture taken in Chicago of a beautiful warm day.

Merged both pictures to replace the grey sky in the background. The process is to open both picture as layers in Photoshop. Then use the blending mode that better serve you for best to fix the picture. A mask will be needed to erase places where the clouds are not needed. After merge both layers, and "Voila" this is the final result.

Regatta at Lake Michigan

2014-07-14T06:26:00.001-09:00

Beautiful and sunny afternoon at the Adler Planetarium. Settings: 1/30 sec at f / 8.0, ISO 200 3 frames. Merged on Photoshop for panorama format. Retouched with Nik Software.

Chicago Gospel Music Festival 2014 (Voice Contest)

2014-06-29T09:04:00.003-09:00

Camara Municipal de Luanda

2014-06-25T12:07:00.000-09:00

Blues Fest Chicago - Dr. John.

2014-06-15T21:03:00.001-09:00

Dr. John performing at the Blues Fest in Chicago. More about Dr. John (click here). Settings Nikon, 1/25 f/5.6, ISO 200 the range change from 70-200 mm.

Doughnut Vault

2014-06-12T11:57:00.000-09:00

Doughnut Vault - This track has delicious doughnut. I tried yesterday. You can find it right at 53rd st in Hyde Park. (1/250, 1/125, 1/60) 3 frames, f/8 ISO 200 26mm (18-55mm lens)

Flamingo (Alexandre Calder)

2014-06-09T21:31:00.001-09:00

The other version of the picture (Click here)

Flamingo (Alexandre Calder). Nikon - 1/125 f/5.6 ISO 200 32mm (3 frames) merged panorama on Photoshop, processed on Lightroom. No Commercial Use - © CesarWilson Photography 2014. All Rights Reserved.

City - Long Exposure View

2014-05-18T10:13:00.000-09:00

Chicago skyline view from Lake Michigan. Settings: 340 sec f/22 ISO 200 28mm. It was a sunny day with some beautiful clouds. So I decide to take a long exposure to capture the city and the motion in the sky and lake.

I see no reason to ever move.

2014-04-27T12:37:00.001-09:00

This is a beautiful house in Bloomngton, IN, the architect is Marc Cornett and the owner is Marissa Moorman. It is an amazing house and also a piece of art, had the opportunity to be inside and I was wowed. For more information in the house click here. The setting got this picture. (1/8000, 1/4000, 1/1600, 1/800, 1/400, 1/200, 1/100) 5 frames, f/4.0 ISO 200 24mm. It was processed in Lightroom, Photoshop, and Photomatix. If you want to see the full size picture click here.

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

2014-04-25T22:11:00.000-09:00

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation - It is a beautiful place to be and enjoy nature. If you want to know more about this amazing location visit their webpage, click here. This is located in Illinois, and their mission is "Secure the future of hunting, fishing and land management through programs of science, education, demonstration and communication." About the pictures, I took three brackets on aperture priority of each view, processed in Photomatix, Photoshop, Lightroom and the last retouch I used Nik's software.

#Treylasthdrtutorial #Niksoftware #Trey Ratcliff #MaxMcgrawWildlife

Church the Heart of Chicago

2014-04-14T07:10:00.000-09:00

Cloudy morning, beautiful church with the city of Chicago as background. This is one of many buildings in Chicago that looks great from any angle. It is on W 17th st and S Paulina st. My setting were (125,60, 30 sec) 3 frames f/8.0 ISO 200 50mm. Processed in Lr, merged in PS and Niksoftware.

Miradouro da Lua

2014-04-07T10:51:00.000-09:00

Mirador da Lua - Luanda, Angola. Warm and sunny and cloudy midday light, the sun was right above my head. The clouds are working there as huge soft box, and eliminate the hard light on the canyon. My settings were 1/320 sec. f/9.0 ISO 250 @28mm (28.0 - 75.0 mm). I took four frames adjusted on Lr, merged as panorama in Ps. Used Niksoftware for some detail and here is the final result.

Nascer do Sol.

2014-04-04T15:31:00.000-09:00

Sunrise 6:30 am, very cold morning and windy. It was a cloudy morning so the sun wasn't out as I was expecting, I like the color. I use the building to prevent some lens-flare, that is why the sun is so close to the building. My setting were f/11 ISO 200 200mm 3 frames (1/10,1/5, 0.4s) use photomatix and Lr5 to process.

Por do Sol Chi-town!

2014-03-30T20:08:00.003-09:00

The warmest day of spring so far, it felt good and the day was beautiful. In case it snows again, there is evidence of a warm day this Spring. This picture, I took 4 picture on tripod, merged them on Photoshop, color edition on Lr, a touch on Nik software.