![]() The ‘plastic wrap’ filter is one that doesn’t usually appeal to me but I like to play with it as I did with the image above. This creates a very modernistic impression of an image. The ‘cutout’ filter can also be used to simplify photo elements as seen in the image above.Īt times some images lend themselves to a ‘chrome’ filter treatment. The ‘chalk and charcoal’ filter can really break down an image into basic colour elements which I sometimes like quite a bit. This often gives an image more of a oil painting look. There are some typical things I try with an image when using Topaz, one being the ‘accented edges’ filter as seen in the above image. Often when doing ‘photo art’ I like to make rather severe adjustments to my images as part of the experimentation process. I used a variable neutral density filter, set my Nikon 1 V2 to ISO-160, and had to stop-down my lens to f/8 in order to be able to shoot hand-held at 1/4 second to capture the image above…such are the challenges of shooting on a super bright and cloudless day. NOTE: click on images to enlarge Out-of-camera jpeg. Let’s start with an out-of-camera jpeg so you can see the original image. The second reason was that I knew I would be shooting at small sections of the waterfall and a tripod would likely be far too restrictive to get the exact framing I wanted. The first is that I thought the water going over the falls would be moving rapidly enough that I could get a ‘smooth water’ effect while shooting hand-held. I did not bring a tripod with me for two reasons. If that is your orientation this article is likely not going to appeal to you. I certainly appreciate that many photographers do not agree with photographic images being adjusted in this manner. So, what follows are some abstract waterfall images. ![]() Since I’ve always enjoyed working with Topaz to add more dramatic and artistic impressions to some of my images, I wanted to see if I could capture some waterfall images that could work as ‘photo art’. After burning the midnight oil quite a bit recently working on a major safety video project for a client, I decided it was time to take a break so I grabbed my camera bag and headed off to the Niagara Falls area for the day. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |