Showing posts with label Hearse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hearse. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2008

National Museum of Funeral History

This is one of the National Museum of Funeral History's hearses. I didn't count but I think they had about twenty different antique hearses at the museum. The older ones, like this one, tend to feature incredibly detailed woodworking on the sides!

Title: "Antique Hearse"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > High Pass Sharpening > Merge Visible to New Layer > Cloning to remove post and rope perimeter > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust Plugin Spicify > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust Plugin Noise Reduction > Curves Adjustment Layer to improve contrast > Levels Adjustment Layer to set the black point > Merge Visible To New Layer > Nik Viveza plugin to lighten up the back part of the vehicle > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust Plugin Noise Reduction with a layer mask used to exclude the vehicle from this round of noise reduction