Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Maas Nursery - Yellow Pots, Masks

Here are two more from Sunday's trip to Maas Nursery in Seabrook, Texas.

Title: "Maas Yellow Pots"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix HDR from three handheld exposures (-2, 0, +2) > Photoshop CS3 > Curves Adjustment Layer for overall contrast enhancement > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Spicify" preset > Duplicate Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Title: "Maas Masks"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photomatix HDR from three handheld exposures (-2, 0, +2) > Photoshop CS3 > Curves Adjustment Layer for overall contast enhancement > Merge Visible to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Spicify" preset > Duplicate Layer > Cloning to remove price tags > Duplicate Layer > High Pass Sharpening > NIK Viveza plugin to brighten the center white colored mask > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really like the subject and what you are trying to do with it. I'm trying to figure out how you could get the whole display in the frame, without the background in the top right corner. It would work if you did an oval vignette.

The other option is moving in tighter, but I'm betting you thought about that already and it didn't get everything you wanted in the photo.

DHaass

Larry J. Patrick said...

Good use of color and showing the contrasting textures of the mask. As always, I like photographs like this one.

Good job.

Barry Armer said...

Thanks Doug and Patrick!

Doug - You're right of course. I saw the problem in that corner and decided not to bother with it out of laziness I guess. Thank's for not letting me get away with it! :-)

Cheers!
Barry

Anonymous said...

In retrospect, it would not bother me to see a clone job done on that corner. I don't think it would hurt the photo any and it would still keep everything you were trying to get.

DHaass