#801. UOFH

Taken this past Sunday. An architectural detail of one of the University of Houston classroom buildings at the main campus near downtown Houston.

Title: "UOFH"

Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#768. Courtyard at The Edythe Bates Old Chapel

Taken last weekend at Festival Hill in Round Top, Texas. While walking around the grounds at Festival Hill I stumbled into this scene; a courtyard that to me looked as if it might be more appropriately located somewhere in Europe.

Title: "Courtyard at The Edythe Bates Old Chapel"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm Fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into to one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin

#735. Bayou Building

Taken this past weekend on the campus of the University of Houston Clear Lake.

Title: "Bayou Building"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures (-2, 0, +2) into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Boardwalk Light

This is a detail shot of one of lights on the Kemah Boardwalk. The spikes on top discourage birds from lengthy visits!

Title: "Boardwalk Light Detail"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix HDR from three handheld exposures (-2, 0, +2) > Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Used the clone tool to remove some dust spots and power lines > Curves Adjustment Layer for overall contast enhancement > Levels Adjustment Layer to set the black point > Merge Visible to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Ever Watchful Dragon

This photo comes from the Texas Renaissance Festival grounds. I took the photo last weekend when some fellow Bay Area Photo Club members and I were there.

Title: "Ever Watchful Dragon"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix to convert three handheld exposures (-2,0,+2) to an High Dynamic Range image > Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust “Simplify” + "Noise Reduction" using Linear Burn blending mode with a layer mask using a diamond gradiant > Merge Visible to New Layer > Unsharp Mask > Duplicate Layer > Topaz Adjust Noise Reduction with Layer Mask to preserve detail of the dragon > Merge Visible to New Layer to do some minor clean-up work with the cloning tool