The Big Picture

I took this photo about this time last year at a concert in the old court house in Blanco, Texas. I was thinking about the photo because this coming weekend we will be returning to the same venue for another concert (my father-in-law is plays violin in the orchestra).

Title: "The Big Picture"


Post-processing: I only had my 50mm prime lens with me so I had to stitch together this panorama from multiple handheld exposures. This was the first time I realized how terrific Photoshop CS3 was at doing this! I think the shot turned out really well but this year I think I'll bring along a wide angle lens! :-)

Lindsey

Here are a couple more shots from our family get together on Thanksgiving Day. This is my niece Lindsey.

Title: "Lindsey"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Layer > Spot Healing > Merge Visable to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Spicify" preset > Merge Visable to New Layer > Distort Lens Correction Vignette

Title: "Lindsey 2"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 100-400mm zoom
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Layer > Cloned out some undesirable background elements > Merge Visable to New Layer > Topaz Adjust plugin "Spicify" preset

A Sluice

This is a sluice located outside the entrance of Natural Bridge Caverns in New Braunfels, Texas. It's a replica built to attract tourists to "pan for gold" but I thought it made for an interesting photograph nonetheless.

Title: "Sluice"


Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Duplicate Background layer > Topaz Adjust "Spicify" plugin > High Pass Sharpening > Curves Adjustment Layer to increase contrast > Levels Adjustment Layer to set black and white points > Merge Visable to New Layer > Red Paw Media "Beautifier" plugin @ 45% opacity and with a layer mask to isolate the effect to certain areas of the photograph