holiday lights

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Still working on older images. The Suntrust building had some nice holiday lights up on the top of their building. My shot wasn't too good. But isn't that what Topaz Labs is for? Just kidding but it was fun to play with it. The first shot is using Topaz Labs DeNoise then Topaz Labs Adjust Spicify. The second photo was processed using Topaz Labs DeNoise 3 and Topaz Labs Adjust 2 Exposure Color.

platt street bridge

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This was my first attempt at long-exposure light trails. It's kind of fun and boring at the same time. Need to wait for enough cars to be going by, take the shot, wait for the exposure. Then you check it on your LCD and repeat the process a few more times trying different exposures. I used Topaz Labs Adjust 3 Photo Pop to brighten it up a bit.

ryan circa 2008

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More computer woes which I will not get into. But I found these pics. I always liked the first one. I decided to reprocess these even though they were shot in jpeg. Just some portrait retouching, likes eyes and skin.

tampa convention center

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Today at PhotographyBB, they suggested a long exposure shot. This reminded me that I had never processed my shots from the December Photowalk. Oops! Yeah, I know my shots won't qualify for the PhotographyBB but I still want them processed.

I opened up Lightroom and found the correct folder. I never even finished weeding them out! I completed that task and marked the images I wanted to develop. Instead of going to the long exposure shots, I went to the beginning and started working on the image below. It's not a great image. Not as sharp and I would like and there is a lot of noise. But I like the composition and lighting. I thought it would be a good candidate to play around with HDR, Topaz Adjust and Photomatix. I didn't shoot for HDR so I had only one shot. But I learned that you can make virtual copies, adjust for the different exposures, save them (I used Photoshop) and bring them into Photomatix.

First up is the shot as I processed the RAW image. Again, it's not great but since you can't blow it up too big, you probably can't tell.



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The next image has been processed using Topaz Adjust 3, Mild Color Pop. I really like the enriched colors.




This one was done with Topaz Adjust 3, Photo Pop. I prefer the warmer tones in the image above.




Then I went on to try Photomatix. Frankly, this program intimidates me. There are too many sliders and I can't really tell what most of them do. I don't have the patience to play and figure out what I like. And the tutorials are fairly vague.




I am not sure what I did to not get the Photomatix Watermark on the image below. And I don't even know what I changed to get where I did. I guess I am not sold on Photomatix just yet.




time to pass

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There were three skills: shooting, passing and dribbling. Andy cheerfully tried each one but without much effort nor concentration. He is not very competitive.

Also, I could kick myself for not bringing my new flash (and learning how to use it) nor remembering to use my clip-on diffuser.

almost bored

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Andy participated in the Florida State Special Olympics Basketball Tournament. His specialty were the individual skills. He was happy to go then realized how crowded and loud it would be. Just like bowling, it was organized chaos.


I also had a heck of time trying to get any decent shots.