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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 02:48 PM
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anybody know of any good places to take pics of the vet
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 03:31 PM
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By the LAKE? Lincoln Park, Garfield Park, Michigan Av., tons of place in the Burbs like the Morton Arboretum.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 03:40 PM
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Any industrial area. Vettes look great against a backdrop of drab industrialization. It's the contrast.
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 04:57 PM
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Wolff Woods on the west side of Elgin
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 05:05 PM
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1 to 1.5 hr drive south on I-55 to Pontiac, IL... about 20 murals throughout the downtown to take pictures in front of, great day trip...here is a couple pics below.

My next trip is downtown Chicago for some pics. I want to take some by the Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, Soldier Field, and the Cell, and Wrigley Field. I heard you can take some great pics of the skyline near the Planetarium.



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Just not in the driveway with hotwheels and trash cans in the background. Grass and trees look nice

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There is some great Graffiti right around Grand & Damen. That's where I took this photo
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Old Mar 30, 2012 | 05:25 PM
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If you're looking for warehouse backgrounds, there's plenty on the south side (Ashland south of 35th). I'd go on a Sunday morning when things are quiet. Or head into Fulton Market area. Lots of cool loading dock type stuff there. Nature backgrounds are tough in the city, so head to the burbs. Oak Brook around Graue Mill is nice. The aforementioned Arboretum is nice, but things aren't in full bloom yet, plus you have to pay to get in. St. Charles area is nice as well.
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Park it in front of Wills tower off Jackson and John Handcock building off Michigan street.. There are a lot of nice places off Michigan street.... Also great places all over down town... Also Addison with wrigley field..

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Rush Street,among the Porsches and Ferraris, same block as Starbucks and a couple of high end restaurants on the hoity-toity end, North Avenue Beach, pick a honey off the beach and have her pose next to it/on it.

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Thanx for the help. Is anybody planing on takn any pics soon
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The first place that come to mind for me is right in front of Wrigley Field.
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Originally Posted by TR6speed
The first place that come to mind for me is right in front of Wrigley Field.
As a White Sox fan, why would you want to ruin the beautiful lines of the C5 by doing that?!
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Too be honest... I am a Reds fan... Living in Chicago it seems like more cubs fans than white sox.... But the White sox fans are die hards... Unlike seeing a cubs game where every is people looking the white sox just doesn't get enough credit... When was the Cubs last world series championship?
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Originally Posted by MSG C5
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Originally Posted by MSG C5
As a White Sox fan, why would you want to ruin the beautiful lines of the C5 by doing that?!
This.....GO WHITE SOX!
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Bloomington Gold; your vette on a fairway next to a pond pretty unique
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Originally Posted by Guilty in Chicago
Bloomington Gold; your vette on a fairway next to a pond pretty unique
Oh yeah. Sorry I cant upload the pic, but I posed by the pond on one of the greens with two other guys. It was a gorgeous looking day that June. Thats actually a picture everybody with a Vette should take when theyre there. another great pose would bed at the old gas station next to the museum at Mid America Motorworks in Effingham.
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