Ryan + Erica

Another shot from my visit to the Japanese Gardens in Hermann Park on Wednesday.

Title: "Ryan + Erica"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > High Pass Sharpening > Curves Adjustment Layer to increase overall contrast > Merge Visable to New Layer > Cloning to remove some carving from the tree other that "Ryan and Erica" > Duplicate Layer in Overlay Mode > Nik Viveza plugin to increase brightness slightly over the carving > Merge Viable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Four Turtles

I went to the Japanese Gardens at Hermann Park yesterday at lunch to see if any photos presented themselves; I ended up with a couple I liked and today's photo is one of them.

Title: "Four Turtles"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 50 f/1.4
Post-processing: Photomatix HDR > Combined three handheld exposures (-2,0,+2) into one High Dynamic Range photo > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust Plugin "Simplify" preset > Curves Adjustment Layer for added contrast > Copy a layer from one of the tree original photos (correct exposure) and apply layer mask to allow the original photo to replace some of the areas that were poorly combined by Photomatix > Merge Visable to New Layer > NIK Viveza plugin to add subtle brightness to the four turtles > Merge Visable to New Layer > Topaz Adjust Plugin "Simplify" preset with Layer Mask to preserve details on the turtles and surrounding areas > Merge Visable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette