Spooky Castle

[melaina]

We went to Ha Ha Tonka State Park yesterday & I shot this:


It seemed like a perfect Halloween photo... so I did this w/ Topas Adjust:


I love how the windows look like they are "glowing" even though there is no interior.

[prince]

Thats a spooky change .. Would you mind giving some more details of how you did it? What settings, etc?

[melaina]

I will do my best to describe what I did... I was just playing around
I applied the Psychedelic preset the played with the exposure tab, color tab and removed the noise in the noise tab. I know I had the shadows set to 0 and turned the highlights down to approx. 2.
I'm sorry, I should have wrote it down.
I'm not much help am I? LOL

[prince]

You did a good job actually. It's always hard when you are playing around and trying different things to get the look you want.

Is Topas Adjust an app or a plugin for another app?

[melaina]

It's a Photoshop plug-in.
It's alot of fun & you can get the 30 trial on their website.

[prince]

Thanks.

btw its you.. I've been looking for you for a week or so.. .. I liked this photo and the backlighting. I wanted to know the process but couldn't find a good explanation anywhere .. Just saw your photostream and saw this photo.. It's you haha.. you know my question now

How did you get this photo and effect?

[melaina]

The photo isn't mine... it was one I was playing with from this board. Here is the link.

[prince]

Thanks for the link. Your PP was very good on that. I am so wanting to learn the backlit photography technique. Any tips ?

[melaina]

LOL, none from me... I'm trying to duplicate it myself

[prince]

np. Thanks