Monday, August 25, 2008

Strategy Session

Today's photo is from Saturday's Clear Lake International Triathlon. This group was discussing last minute race strategy.



Click the image for a larger version (Do it!).

Taken with my Canon 40D, Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom, Stroboframe flash bracket, Canon Speedlite 430EX.

Post-processing Recipe: Photoshop CS3 > High Pass Sharpening > Merge Visible to Composite Layer and blend in Vivid Light Mode > Merge Visible to new Composite Layer > Smart Blur Layer @ 65% > Merge Visible to new Composite Layer > Duplicate Layer > Virtual Photographer Sulphur Filter @ 100% on first composite layer > Virtual Photographer Glamour (Color) Filter @ 21% on second composite layer > Curves Adjustment layer for increased contrast [I masked off the sky in all four composite layers in order to preserve the original sky]

1 comment:

Jan Klier said...

Nice shot Barry. I like the shadows your flash was throwing. Demonstrates why a flash bracket or other means for getting flash off camera axis makes a huge difference. Well done.