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