{"id":579,"date":"2011-02-04T18:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T01:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2011-02-04T18:22:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T01:22:26","slug":"chicago-snow-blizzard-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/04\/chicago-snow-blizzard-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago snow blizzard 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The snow blizzard of 2011. It was just amazing. In simple words, it was just like living the movie &#8216;The day after tomorrow&#8217;. Never been through a snow blizzard and i was tempted to ask uncle Google what it meant and it took 14seconds for Google to spit the answer., Here it is..<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or greater.<br \/>\n&#8211;Considerable falling and\/or &#8220;blowing&#8221; snow reducing visibility frequently to 1\/4 mile or less.<br \/>\n&#8211;These conditions must last for a period of three hours or more.<\/p>\n<p>So, when the sand settled or should i say after the snow settled it was time to get out and grab some pictures. All these were shot with my Canon EF 16-35mm f\/2.8L II.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Post-Processing Info<\/span>: Used LightRoom 3 for Lens profile correction &amp; White-Balance adjustment.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"IMG_8795\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_8795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"IMG_8799\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_8799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"IMG_8801\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_8801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"IMG_8805\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_8805.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><\/div>\n<div>That&#8217;s my neighbor having fun(!) clearing the snow off her driveway.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"IMG_8807\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_8807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Time for Photoshop magic.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter p3-downsized\" title=\"IMG_8811-1\" src=\"https:\/\/aperturism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_8811-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Thanks for stopping by.<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"p3-fb-like-btn-wrap\">\n\t\t<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Faperturism.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F02%2F04%2Fchicago-snow-blizzard-2011%2F&layout=standard&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&width=450&height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The snow blizzard of 2011. It was just amazing. In simple words, it was just like living the movie &#8216;The day after tomorrow&#8217;. 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