#816. Jailhouse Corridor

Taken on my November trip to the Austin County Jailhouse Museum in Bellville, Texas last year.

Title: "Jailhouse Corridor"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver EFEX Pro 2

#788. Behind Bars

Taken this past weekend at the Old Jail Museum in Cold Spring, Texas.

Title: "Behind Bars"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Nik Silver Efex plugin

#785. Jailhouse Shower

I just finished post-processing on another shot taken at the Austin County Jail Museum in Bellville, Texas a few weeks ago. The piping hanging from the ceiling is a shower located in the common area between four different cells.

#785. Jailhouse Shower

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Topaz Adjust 4 > Nik Silver Efex 2

#782. Capital Punishment

A detail shot taken at the Austin County Jail Museum in Bellville, Texas a couple of weekends ago.

Title: "Capital Punishment"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin

#778. Behind Bars

Taken last Saturday at the Austin County Jail Museum in Bellville, Texas.

Title: "Behind Bars"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#777. The Idle Noose

Taken this past Saturday. Another shot from the Austin County Jail Museum in Bellville, Texas.

Title: "The Idle Noose"

Camera / lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Viveza 2 plugin > Nik Silver Efex 2 plugin

#776. Records of Misdeeds

Taken this past Saturday at the Austin County Jail Museum in Bellville, Texas. I suspect that if you tried to handle these old record books now the pages would turn to dust in your hands. Probably no one who ever spent a night in the drunk tank in this old jail is still alive but if they are, and if this is the only record of their visit, there secret is surely safe. :-)

Title: "Records of Misdeeds"

Camera / lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 24-105mm L zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin

#770. The Not So Private Privy

Taken at the Austin County Jail Museum in Bellville, Texas last weekend. Which is worse, losing your freedom or your privacy? Guests in this place would lose both.

Title: "The Not So Private Privy"

Camera / Lens: Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 15mm Fisheye
Post-processing: Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS4 > Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

#769. Old Fashioned Incarceration

I had an opportunity to grab a few photos at the Austin County Jail Museum last weekend as we drove through Bellville, Texas.

Title: "Old Fashioned Incarceration"

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

Caldwell County Jail #7

This is the last of the photos I'm presenting from my trip to the Caldwell County Jail, in Lockhart last August. I hope you enjoyed the series as much as I did! Thanks for all your comments!

Title: "Caldwell County Jail"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Potrait Drama" preset > Add New Layer > Cloning from Layers Beneath to remove several power lines > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Photo Pop" preset plus "DeNoise" feature to reduce noise > Black and White Adjustment Layer with "High Contrast Red Filter" preset to convert to Black and White > Levels Adjustment Layer to set black and white points > Merge Visible to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette > Duplicate Layer in Color Dodge blending mode with mask over the sky to limit the effet to the jail building for increased contrast > Merge Visible to New Layer > High Pass Sharpening > Import Texture as new layer with a mask over the jail to limit the effect to the sky (the texture is one of the jail cell walls from inside the jail)

Caldwell County Jail #6

From the Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Texas last August.

Title: "Downstairs"


Converted to Black and White using Photoshop CS3 Black and White Adjustment Layer with "Maximum Black" preset

Caldwell County Jail #5

From the old Caldwell County jail in Lockhart, Texas last August.

Title: "Upstairs"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17/55mm f/2.8 zoom
Converted to Black and White using Photoshop CS3 Black and White Adjustment Layer with the "Maximum Black" preset

Caldwell County Jail #4

Another shot from my trip to the old Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Texas last August.

Title: "Cell #3"


Camera / lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Conversion to Black and White was done with Photoshop CS3 Black and White Adjustment Layer with the Maximum Black preset

Caldwell County Jail #3

Another photo from the old Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Texas last August.

Title: "Outer Corridor"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Converted to Black and White using PHotoshop CS3 > Black and White Adjustment Layer with "Maximum Black" preset

Caldwell County Jail No. 2

Another shot from my trip to the Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Texas last August.

Title: "Caldwell County Jail Cell No. 2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Converted to Black and White in Photoshop CS3 with a Black and White Adjustment Layer and the "Maximum Black" preset

Caldwell County Jail No. 1

Back in August of last year I took a trip to the old Caldwell County Jail in Lockhart, Texas. As I was looking back through some of my old photos today I realized I never processed the shots! I ended up with a few that I like a lot and I hope you do as well. The historical marker out front says that the jail was built in 1908 at a cost to taxpayers of $25,000.00.

Title: "Cell 1"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
All the shots in this series were converted to black and white in Photoshop CS3 using a Black and White Adjustment Layer and the "Maximum Black" preset.