Tiffany Dome
This is &quot;the&quot; dome.  The world's largest Tiffany glass dome housed at the Chicago Cultural Center.  At 38' in diameter and 6,000' of glass, it is an immense and beautiful at the same time.

In this shot, you'll notice one of the things that changed in recent years...it is now naturally lit.  Back in the 1940's the dome was actually covered and artificially lit to protect it from the elements.  In 2008, the copper outter covering was removed to &quot;let the sun shine in&quot;.  While this allows it to be more brilantly lit at some times, as you can see in this shot, it also means that you will occasionally get shadows on the dome.

This is an 11 shot HDR  combined in Photomatix Pro and finished in LR3.  I have to give credit where it's due, this shot was inspired by the shot taken by Chis Smith (OutOfChicago) here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjsmithphotography/6300827827/">www.flickr.com/photos/cjsmithphotography/6300827827/</a>

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