{"id":10276,"date":"2014-04-23T18:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T18:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=10276"},"modified":"2014-04-23T20:41:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T20:41:56","slug":"lovin-chicago-its-my-kind-of-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=10276","title":{"rendered":"Lovin’ Chicago, It’s My Kind of Town!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was the only person at “the Bean” this morning! \u00a0Very chilly, but great light! \u00a0Really unique piece of art and a “photographers playground!” \u00a0Below are a few images from my first 20 minutes of sunlight.<\/p>\n

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It was a great morning watching the city wake up and go to work!<\/p>\n

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The street scene with the train was shot with the 55-200 and then processed with a heavy dose of NIK Color Efex 4.0, Tonal Contrast! \u00a0My favorite pseudo – One Shot – HDR trick!<\/p>\n

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On the walk back down Michigan Ave to the Hilton I saw lots of things to extract from the over-all street scenes, here are few of those!<\/p>\n

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The Carry System for this trip:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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All of the images this morning were shot from my smaller CT214 series Induro tripod with the middle of the RRS heads<\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0Last night I had to shoot handheld, but with Fuji’s OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) I got away with 1\/2 second exposures!!! \u00a0Above is the kit I’m using for most of what I’m doing in Chicago! \u00a0 It consists of a Fuji X-T1 body<\/strong><\/span> with battery pack and RRS L Bracket<\/strong><\/span> (for the Nikon D600, fits great!) with 18-55 f 2.8-4 OIS<\/span><\/strong> mid range zoom, 55-200 F 3.5-4.8 OIS zoom (80-300 equiv.)<\/span><\/strong>, and the new 10-24 f 4 OIS wide angle zoom (15-36 Equiv.)<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0All carried in a Think Tank Retrospective Model 5 bag<\/strong><\/span> in Pinestone. \u00a0I like it because it doesn’t scream “Camera Bag!” \u00a0It looks more like a college kids book bag, though admittedly I don’t look like a college student, maybe a very old professor! \u00a0* (Spare batteries, and cleaning supplies) \u00a0In a separate bag an extra, back up body (Fuji X-E2<\/strong><\/span>) \u00a0I also carry a Fuji X100s<\/strong><\/span> (used to shoot the image above) \u00a0In a Think Tank Airport Security 2.0<\/strong><\/span> I carry all this and the 23mm f 1.4, 35mm f 1.4, 56mm f 1.2\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and my laptop and cords on the plane. \u00a0The Think Tank Retrospective easily folds up in my big suitcase, ready to go into action when I land!!!<\/p>\n

*Note: yes, those are Nikon lens caps on the lenses above, hey, I worked for that great\u00a0company\u00a0for 11 years, this way I still keep some of them with me!!!!! \u00a0\u2026.and I like the Nikon lens caps better, better springs!!<\/p>\n

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A special thanks again to Chris Smith and his great scouting info. \u00a0I will be speaking to his friends at the University of Chicago Friday night!<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned, more to come!<\/p>\n

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