Topaz simplify cat pro#
Topaz simplify cat plus#

Topaz simplify cat plus#

My blog started as a daily record of wildlife and plants in my backyard garden, plus snapshots of our cats and Rich's favorite turtles. A great end to a great evening! White Ibis Sunset There were some nice clouds on the horizon on this particular evening, and a small group of White Ibis birds were feeding in the waves in the foreground. I liked what it did with the fluffy downy feathers on the bird’s back.Īfter the gorgeous golden light fades from the skimmer colony, you can turn around and photograph the sun as it slips behind the horizon. I think it was one of the pencil drawing presets. This is the same image that I posted in my last post, but it’s processed with the Topaz Simplify filter. It makes me feel as if the bird is about to fly off into the sunset. I think it was the Paper Tone filter that gave the image a bit of a sepia tone to it, which suited me. This shot of Viranya was done with the WATERCOLOR II setting. I still prefer the PAINTING II and PAINTING IV settings overall, but it’s always good to experiment and see what comes out.

Topaz simplify cat pro#

I took the image into Nik Color Efex Pro and experimented with it a bit, to see if I could reduce the harshness of the shadows. Topaz also has a watercolor filter, but it requires some additional brightness and saturation to get it to look right. This skimmer flight shot was taken around 4:30pm, when the light was still very harsh. Our Blue Topaz price is extremely competitive and our collection of loose Blue. This summer I managed to get several decent shots, and the image above is my favorite. At Paraiba International, we offer the most exquisite Blue Topaz Stones. Not the best background! So you have to wait for a pair of birds to fly high enough that you can frame them against the sky. In the stamped layer, added a white layer mask and lightly painted back part of the tulip that were not sharp enough.

Photographing the skimmer skirmishes is harder than it sounds, since the background to the colony during the sweet afternoon light is a bright pink condo building. Created a Stamped layer (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E) on top and then copied the Topaz Detail 3 layer and placed underneath since I had some bad places on the petals. I see these skirmishes most often when there are small chicks in the colony. I like to call these interactions “skimmer skirmishes,” when two adults take to the skies to fly at each other to resolve what I’m guessing is a territorial dispute. One of my goals for this summer was to capture the interaction between skimmers in mid-air during the nesting season. I hope you’re not tired of reading about the Black Skimmers yet, because today’s post brings you more from Indian Rocks Beach! Skimmer Skirmish