Old Hays County Jail #2

Here's another shot of the old Hayes County Jail in San Marcos. This one was taken from the sunny side of the building and has a much warmer feel to it than yesterdays shot from the shadow side.

Title: "Old Hayes County Jail #2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: HDR (High Dynamic Range) from three hand-held exposures using Photomatix Pro > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Old Hayes County Jail

Last weekend I located the old Hayes County Jail in San Marcos. Enclosed in tall cyclone fencing partially overgrown with vines it isn't that easy to locate even with good instructions to follow. This structure is supposedly in line for renovation which, as you can see, would be a major undertaking! If it actually gets restored I'll be one of the first ones to visit!

Title: "Old Hays County Jail"


Post-processing: Photomatix Pro to combine three hand-held exposures into one HDR (High Dynamic Range) image > Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin

Another San Marcos River Bridge

After I shot the pedestrian bridge featured in yesterday's posting I was able to turn around and shoot this bridge!

Title: "San Marcos Bridge 2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background Layer > High Pass Sharpening > Merge Visable to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Spicify" preset @ 80% Opacity > Curves Adjustment Layer to improve overall contrast > Black & White Adjustment Layer at 17% Opacity to tone down colors > Merge Visable to New Layer > Cloning to remove a distracting background element > Black & White Adjustment Layer at 17% Opacity to tone down colors > Curves Adjustment Layer to improve overall contrast > Levels Adjustment Layer to set black, white, and grey point > Selective Color adjustment to remove green color cast > Nik Viveza plugin to darkin portions of the foreground and highlight portions of the bridge > Distort Lens Correction Vignette