Then it was processed in Viveza to sharpen the center and soften the green leaves in the background (move the Structure slider to the left to soften the edges). To process this image, a Nik Color Recipe Detail + Vignette by Matt Kloskowski was used and a Classical Soft Focus filter was added at the bottom. Here is a great description of these little flowers that I am not sure I was supposed to find in Hawaii. For those of you who like to identify flowers, I believe this is called a Sensitive Briar, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar – Mimosa microphylla, a member of the pea family and the leaves will close up when touched. I found these beautiful wildflowers on the side of an overlook just outside of Hilo on the Big Island in Hawaii. Lots of cool things to try in them!….Digital Lady Syd If you have not tried out some of Topaz’s videos, give them a listen. I can honestly say this is exactly how the street looked to me as I was walking to dinner on that cold dark night. A layer style was added to frame the image. It still did not have the feel I wanted, so I added a Black and White Adjustment layer and mainly lowered the yellow and added some reds and greens and blues. A Flypaper Texture Lemoncello Taster texture layer was added using the Multiply blend mode at 35% opacity. Next the Star Effects plug-in was used to enhance the streetlight using Sun Flare 1 preset. The preset was set to my Old Vintage Effect (see Quad Tones in Topaz Black and White Effects Plug-in to create), one I use on a lot of my images. Of course it uses one of my favorite plug-ins, Black and White Effects, so I am not surprised I like the results. My image was not that great, but I needed a nighttime image to try some of the techniques on. I am always surprised how much I learn from these short videos – there were several good tips in this one, even though I know these programs pretty well. I just listened to another interesting webinar by Nichole Paschale from Topaz (see sidebar for website link) called Night Photography Enhanced with Adjust, Black and White Effects and Star Effects. This is an image of San Francisco taken at night in February in a brisk and cold breeze.
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