#project365 year1 [day 016] going overground

The Chicago Loop is the designation for the towns central business district, it's name comes from the elevated railway loop that was built there to facilitate railway traffic bringing workers and goods to the central part of the city. Here it seems I just missed my train...

There goes the "L"

-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : Initial tone and final crop.
Photoshop: Clean up and sharpening.
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction.

#project365 year1 [day 015] going underground

Thankfully not all trains run overground in Chicago, and there are some fine underground stations like the Lake station pictured here. 

Chicago's underground

-- Gear 
Fujifilm X-T1 Fujifilm 
XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR 
-- Post 
Lightroom : Initial tone and final crop. 
Photoshop: Clean up and sharpening. 
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction.

#project365 year1 [day 014] up the stairs

up the stairs

External fire escape stairs always fascinated me, maybe because they are such an uncommon sight in european architecture. So when I was in the US I took lots of photos of early 20th century buildings with external metal staircases. This example is from Chicago city center.

-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : Initial tone and final crop.
Photoshop: Clean up and sharpening.
NikCollection Color Efex Pro 4: Toning and Detail extraction.

#project365 year1 [day 012] inside the Chicago Symphony Center

Starting to catchup after the holidays ended, so after 11 days of Scotland landscapes I am continuing to publish photos from last years trip to the USA. Here is the information desk on the main hall of Chicago's Symphony Center, a huge violin in the middle of the room is always a show piece.

inside the Chicago Symphony Center

-- Gear
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6R LM OIS WR
-- Post
Lightroom : Initial tone and final crop.
Macphun AuroraHDR: HDR photomerge and toning

#project365 year1 [day 011] Daillies from Scotland

Day after the trip has ended and now I have a couple of thousand of photos to go through and sort out, so I thought I would show the last of the daillies I had prepared. This time from the Donald clan castle. Tomorrow the theme will change completely as I will rely of older photos I haven't published yet.

old MacDonald castle ruins

-- Gear 
Fujifilm X-PRO1 
FUJINON XF10-24mm F4 R OIS 
-- Post 
Lightroom : Photomerge, cropping ,initial toning and levels 
Nik's Silver Efex Pro : B&W conversion

#project365 year1 [day 010] Daillies from Scotland

Last day of the trip, and only had time for a quick stop at the Edradour distillery near Pitlochry, and then the long drive back to Edinburgh to catch the plane back home. Need to go back and do the tour and tasting.

welcome to the smallest distillery in Scotland

-- Gear 
Fujifilm X-T1 
FUJINON XF18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 
-- Post 
Lightroom : Cropping ,initial toning and levels 
Nik's Silver Efex Pro : B&W conversion

#project365 year1 [day 009] Dailies from Scotland

Day 9 of this Highland trip and we are starting to go back down south, leaving the lovely island of Skye and heading to the picturesque Pitlochry for the night. Last day of the trip tomorrow, and we are coming home with great memories and more trip ideas for the future.

the bare castle of clan Mackinnon

-- Gear 
Fujifilm X-T1 
FUJINON XF18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 
-- Post 
Lightroom : Cropping ,initial toning and levels 
Nik's Silver Efex Pro : B&W conversion