![]() ![]() Ҭhҽ worқspacҽ is nҽatly organizҽd, with mҽnus on ҽach sidҽ of thҽ main prҽviҽw arҽa. Ҭhҽ program allows you to activatҽ tooltips, so ҽach timҽ you mousҽ-ovҽr an option, slidҽr or button, a dҽscriptivҽ and hҽlpful tҽxt will bҽ displayҽd in ordҽr to guidҽ you. ![]() = Posted in Construction Photography, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Landscape, Louisville, Topaz Plug-in Tagged Aperture, art, Big Four Bridge, bridges, clouds, composition, HDR, hdr image, hdr photography, high dynamic range, High dynamic range imaging, louisville kentucky, Louisville Waterfront Park, NIK HDR Efex Pro 2, Ohio River, Ohio River Bridges Project, Topaz B&W Effects 2.Topaz B&W Effects is an advancҽd plug-in dҽsignҽd to bҽ usҽd with othҽr graphic programs in ordҽr to givҽ your imagҽ filҽs a multitudҽ of blacқ and whitҽ ҽffҽcts. Topaz has done a lot of improving in the past few years and offers a very good line of software plug-ins that work well with Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture 3. While there consider purchasing the entire Topaz Suite of programs. Use the link below and the discount code septadjust when you order. My entry into the world of plug-ins began with Topaz Adjust and I recommend that anyone wanting to explore that world take advantage of this opportunity. ![]() Topaz Adjust doesn’t go on sale very often and this is a great chance to save some money and get a true workhorse of a program. I adjusted the paper tone slightly as well as adding some additional contrast adjustments that the Topaz B&W version seemed to need.ĭon’t miss the 50% 0ff sale on Topaz Adjust that is going on until September 30,2013. I first took it into Aperture 3 after merging my three frame bracket set where I applied some additional contrast and a vignette to the HDR image before opening it in Topaz B&W Effects 2.1 where I chose the Platinum preset. I decided to make this image Black and White after merging it in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2. The Ohio river carries more traffic than any river in America delivering cargo from Pennsylvania in the northeast to the Mississippi River in the west and vice versa. It was a busy morning on the river, the construction tug was moving barges for the Ohio River Bridges Project, the Belle of Louisville was headed upriver and a tugboat was pushing the largest size tow downriver, five barges long and three barges wide, that can go through the McAlpine Locks at one time. This image was taken from the Big Four Bridge looking west over Waterfront Park and the Ohio River in Louisville Kentucky. Posted in Construction Photography, Fine Art Photo, HDR, Software, Texture, Topaz Plug-in Tagged bridge construction, composition, construction, HDR, High dynamic range imaging, NIK HDR Efex Pro 2, Ohio River Bridges Project, outdoors, pattern, photography, rust, steel straps, surface textures, texture, Topaz B&W Effects 2.1, Topaz Complete Collection, Walsh Construction 6 Commentsī&W HDR Image of the Downtown Span Construction Sites on the Ohio River in Louisville, KY. I also applied a white vignette and a frame from the same software before returning it to Aperture 3 for final contrast and sharpness adjustments. The final image is a Black and White version I created using Topaz B&W Effects and a Platinum preset. Closeup of Retaining Straps in Black and White In this case I also worked in the blue color channel to contrast the blue and orange colors. I used a similar workflow for this image of the same straps that had been opened up and stacked for use. I then applied sharpening and a small vignette to complete the image. After returning the merged file to Aperture 3 I adjusted the mid-contrast and boosted the saturation and luminance in the red and yellow color channels. I included the long shadow in the upper left of the frame and the short shadow in the lower right side to create a sense of depth and movement in the final composition. For this first image I applied the Balanced Preset and then boosted the definition to enhance the texture of the oxidized steel and reinforce the pattern. I almost always work in HDR and I decided to merge three frames in NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 and experiment with them. I was intrigued by the surface texture and the undulating pattern that they revealed so I took a few bracket sets to work with later. ![]() I was scouting for good vantage points to capture the crane at work that evening when I came upon these retaining wall straps in the material storage area. On this particular day I was on the job site to capture a large crane that had been brought in for a pick that night. Whenever I’m on a job site I keep my eye open for interesting patterns and textures to shoot as closeups or macro images. Click on the image to enlarge it in another window. ![]()
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