#865. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone! May God bless you and yours!

Title: "Merry Christmas Everyone!"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 50mm f1.4
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Adobe Photoshop CS4 > Nik Color Efex Pro

#786. Big Frosty

Taken this past weekend at a Christmas tree lot near our house in Houston, Texas.

Title: "Big Frosty"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to create an HDR image from one exposure > Nik Viveza plugin > Topaz Adjust plugin

#634. Ornamental

This is the other shot I presented at our photo club's Honor's Night for the assignment "The Color Blue". It's blue Christmas ornaments in a silver stainless steel bowl shot outside in natural light.

Title: "Ornamental"


Shot data: 1/166s f/1.6 at 50.0mm iso100
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens
Post-processing: Adobe Camera Raw > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Blanco Courthouse

The old courthouse in Blanco, Texas was the venue for The Starlight Symphony concert we attended this past Saturday night!

Title: "Christmas Courthouse"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background > Topaz Adjust plugin "Psychedelic" preset > Black and White Adjustment Layer to convert to B&W > Levels Adjustment Layer to set black and white points > Curver Adjustment Layer to add overall contrast > Merge Visible to New Layer and blend with original photo at 57% opacity