Just Experimenting

[Ed Vatza]

I've been playing around a bit with Topaz Adjust of late. Today, I decided to spring for the entire Topaz suite for Photoshop. So now in addition to the Adjust plug-in, I have six others - Simplify, Detail, DeNoise, Clean 2, ReMask and DeJPEG! So I started to play around a bit. This image of the Uhlerstown Covered Bridge over the Delaware Canal below Upper Black Eddy, PA started as an HDR Image. I then worked the image in Topaz Adjust before fine tuning details in Topaz Detail. I kinda liked what I had but figured why stop now so I continued on into Topaz Simplify. This was the final result.

Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Ed, Bright colors with a pleasing painterly look. Good placement of bridge being off center...

[denise ippolito]

Ed, Nice that you got the bundle! I like the upped saturation. It gives the image a fun playful look.

[Harshad Barve]

amazing painting with grand choice of colors
TFS

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful painting effect, Ed. Love the bright colors! The only thing I might change is the sky in the ULC. I find that area has a tendency to draw my eye, so I might lower the saturation a little in that area, or clone over it. Very minor point though!

[Ed Vatza]

Thanks folks. I do like the way this has turned out particularly given the fact that it was my first attempt with the new plug-ins. And while I have a thick notebook full of the user manuals for the seven Topaz plug-ins, I just jumped in and started playing around.

[Julie Kenward]

Love those bright colors, Ed! I want to get that suite one day but the budget says otherwise right now. I'm wondering if you considered leveling the bridge at all?

[Ed Vatza]

I'm wondering if you considered leveling the bridge at all?

It is. :) It's the perspective that can throw you off. The base of the bridge is level so the peak slants down toward the back. If I level the top, the bottom will slant up. Or are you thinking something different? If you look at my factory Falls image in Landscape you will see that I have a similar issue there.