The View from Reliant Stadium

This is one view from one of the upper pedestrian ramps at Reliant Stadium. The Houston skyline can be seen in the far distance with the Houston Medical Center between downtown and the Reliant complex building in the foreground.

Title: "View From Reliant"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Backgroung Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Psychedelic" preset + DeNoise > Merge Visable to New Layer at 60% opacity and Linear Light Blending mode with a mask to limit the linear light to the midground > Merge Visable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Reliant Stadium

The view of Reliant Stadium as we approach about one and a half hours before kickoff at last Sundays game between the Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans.

Title: "Reliant Stadium"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Backgroung Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Psychedelic" preset + DeNoise > Curves Adjustment Layer for improved overall contrast > Levels Adjustment Layer to set black, grey and white points > Merge Visable to New Layer > High Pass Sharpening > Merge Visable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Snap

OK. Here is one action shot from Sundays pro football game at Reliant Stadium between the Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans.

Title: "Snap"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust Plugin "Color Blast" preset plus some increased Details > Merge Visable to New Layer > High Pass sharpening > Merge Visable to New Layer > Curves Adjustment Layer for increased overall contast > Merge Visable to New Layer > Virtual Photographer Plugin "Sepia" preset @ 88% opacity > Merge Visable to New Layer > Texturizer Burlap > Merge Visable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette > Curves Adjustment Layer for increased overall contrast

The Football Sideline Judges

Another photo from my trip to Reliant Stadium this past Sunday.

Title: "The Sideline Guys"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust Noise Reduction and Detail Reduction to simplify the photo > Curves Adjustment Layer to improve overall contrast > Merge Visable to New Layer > Cloning to remove some distracting background elements > Merge Visable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Football Fan

Today I went to Reliant Stadium and watched the Houston Texans beat the Titans! It was my first time to Reliant Stadium and my first time to a football game since before the Oilers moved to Tennessee and became the Titans. It was fun but really too crowded to be enjoyable on a regular basis. I took some photos and today's post is one I liked immediately!

Title: "Football Fan"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photoshope CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Psychedelic" preset > Curves Adjustment Layer to increase overall contrast > Levels Adjustment Layer to set black point > Merge Visable to New Layer > Topaz Adjust Noise Reduction > Imported a second image with a better exposure on the band of advertising banner lights around the middle part of the stadum and masked off everything except for that strip of lights > Merge Visible to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette