A Fuming Old Cannon

This image was taken on the top side of the Castillo de San Marcos old fort in St. Augustine, Florida. So many things were done in this image that it would take a long blog to explain. Mainly following one of Hazel Meredith’s Topaz Studio (see sidebar for website link) webinar examples from a few days ago and just started playing with all the settings and adding new adjustments like Edges Adjustment, Motion Blurs, and Color Themes. Grut’s Cloud Brushes (none better than these) were used to create the smoke from the cannon – even though they are cloud brushes, the smoke effect is very nice also. Topaz Adjust was added as a last step back in Photoshop. It took a long time to get a result I liked – many attempts to get a good look. I forget about how good Topaz’s original star plugin, Adjust, really is. This plugin gave me the final result that I really liked…..Digital Lady Syd