Galveston Seawall Riprap

This is a photo taken on the Bay Area Photo Club field trip to Galveston a couple of weekends ago. This riprap is piled in front of the seawall in many places. This particular shot was taken at the west end of the seawall.

Title: "Riprap"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: HDR conversion from three handheld exposures (-2,0,+2) processed by Photomatix > Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Clarity" > Duplicate Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Vibrance" > Curves Adjustment layer to improve contrast > Merge Visible to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette