Observation deck on the Frankfurt Main building. Topaz at "Dramatic" setting.
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To answer Sara's question, I usually just play with a Topaz adjustment on the base layer to see what the various options will do. I tend to prefer certain settings - Portrait Drama, Dramatic, and Photo Pop are my usual first tries. After I see what I like, I may go back and use a duplicate layer, modify the opacity, and often will try a blending mode or two. Portrait Drama will considerably brighten a shot - so often I'll do a duplicate layer, set the blending mode to multiply, then reduce the opacity of that.
Yup! you're working it! The clouds especially are so pretty.. This is an image where the details matter and every person on its own is worth a look at. With the editing every character becomes more of an individual , if you know what I mean.
Deb, I love what you have done with this, bringing out the textures and details. To my eye the processing really helps separate the four figures in the foreground from the other figures. I like how the yellow knitted hat/beret really *pops* against the overcast sky and the woman's dark hair in this version. I also like the shallow *arc* formed if you follow the tops of the heads of the four people in the foreground, up and then down, and how this echos the arcs formed by the shape of the setting.
Nice dramatic processing, and a very amusing photo. I get quite a chuckle from that woman with her back to the view on the observation deck. It seems she is using her telephone, but perhaps she is using it as a camera and is seeing something that the others are missing.
You certainly have got Topaz worked out! This works really well. Out of interest, what is your technique - a duplicate background layer, apply topaz dramatic and then fade to x, or something else?
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