Chicago Bean in Snowstorm

I braved the cold and snow and took a few shots of the Bean.
I was pretty worried because my camera got so much snow on it,
so I couldn't take as much time as I wanted.
So far the camera's ok and the lens (my Tokina 12-24) seems fine too.
My tripod is still drying out. Any comments/suggestions are welcome.

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Cool Beans. :P

All that snow is starting to pound the Detroit area, they say its going to snow for like 20 hours straight.

That is one hell of a Bean...

wow......+1 on the bean!
great shot and thanks for sharing!

That's a crazy sized bean, nice photos.

#1 for me. Cool shots. +1 for bravery with the camera.

nice, i was supposed to meet up with mills downtown to walk aroudn with the camera but we decided not to becuase of the storm ( i got a 45 min drive to get to the bean area) and him bein sick.

i am thinking of heading down there in the next hour though and maybe going up by the beach to take a few pictures and maybe walk around a bit.

i dig the first one. nice capture.

Intrepid stuff!
I've seen many shots of the bean, this one is by far the best. Good work

I like #1. I enjoy the parity in the 2 couples under the bean. One seems to be blissfully in love and the other either very new and uncomfortable or on the way out. Nicely done.

I like the first one more, I think it may benefit from a touch more contrast and post processing for that last final touch.

Very cool shots. Ive been to Chicago 3 times now and have yet to see the bean in person.

Very cool shots.

Always wondered what it looked like in the snow ........now I know . Good shots but it just dosent give it its due with the snow on it , just my opinion.

Thanks for the comments. I was really wishing for a weather sealed camera body and lens. I agree with adding more contrast.