365 + four + playing with split toning! by ukandie1

365 + four + playing with split toning!

This was taken in the vault of the Chicago Board of Trade Building when @taffy and I were on a tour of the building. Taffy and I both agreed it was one of the best CAF tours that we have taken so far. The docent who led the tour was a retired trader who not only had a great love of architecture but also peppered the tour with his personal insights.

Unfortunately I did not realize until I got home and took some pics of my dog that my camera was on manual focus so I did not have as many in focus shots as I would have liked. I have all of my beeps turned off and was using it to zone focus for some street photography before meeting up with Taffy ...message to self check your settings when you move from one genre to another, and when chimping put on my glasses!!!

@taffy wonderful shot of the exit from the vault can be seen here https://365project.org/taffy/365/2018-03-23 and the entry and a wonderful description of her processing workflow can be seen here https://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2018-03-23
@taffy finally posted! Did you make it to the zoo today? It was sunny, but still cold!
March 25th, 2018  
Cool image! Need to learn from you what split toning is and how to achieve it because this looks great!
March 25th, 2018  
This is a neat image
March 26th, 2018  
A wonderful shot. I like how the keyholes look like eyes.
March 26th, 2018  
Great lighting, focus, dof
March 26th, 2018  
Very effective scene that really captures the sheen as we were in there in the dark. I like the closeup with those 'eyes' looking at us! Missed you at the zoo today, where I just discovered tonight, I took all my photos in .jpg instead of RAW. UGH! Processing definitely more challenging! Good lesson -- check settings before taking a full afternoon of photos!
March 26th, 2018  
love the way you've captured the sheen against the darkness
March 26th, 2018  
Well the focus in this shot is amazing, great capture, love the DoF and composition
March 26th, 2018  
Thank you so much @jyokota I went down a bit of a worm hole learning about split toning, taking different notes from different sites.I will try and find the more informative ones and send them to you. It is always fun to learn and try new techniques!
March 26th, 2018  
@taffy glad you made it to the zoo, and also feel better knowing that I am not the only one who fell foul to not checking all settings before heading out :)
March 26th, 2018  
I'll echo the 'check settings' chorus too. @taffy Check your Exposure Compensation too, I've goofed bigtime with this one as well as the others mentioned. Life is a learning process. Absolutely fab shot of the safe-deposit boxes in this wonderful place. Whatever you've used to process this shot has made it into something quite special IMHO. I'd love to know more about split toning too please.
March 27th, 2018  
Light,composition and processing perfection! Love your street work of course Andie, but its good to see your talents applied to something different. Very strong image, Fav
March 27th, 2018  
Wow, how many lockers were thee 369 plus. Love it in black and white and your POV. FAV
April 3rd, 2018  
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