View from Petroleum Club #4

Taken from the Petroleum Club in Downtown Houston today at lunch.

Title: "View from Petroleum Club #4"


Post-processing: HDR from three hand held exposures (-2, 0, +2) using Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Nik Viveza plugin

Drop Off

I was going through the archives gathering up some photos to submit to the upcoming TAACL show "Flotsam and Jetsam" when I noticed this photo, one of my favorites, hadn't been posted to the blog before! Time to remedy that situation!

Title: "Drop Off"


Shot data: 1/640s f/9.0 at 17.0mm iso400
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-15 f/2.8 zoom

Spaghetti Warehouse

Taken this past weekend at the downtown Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant.

Title: "Spaghetti Warehouse"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: HDR from three exposures (-2,0,+2)with camera sitting on table using Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin to adjust overall contrast and sharpness > Filter Artistic Palette Knife with Layer Mask to selectively apply the effect > Distort Lens Correction Vignette > Transform Skew to alter the perspective from the 4:3 aspect to approximately 8 1/2 X 11