03.31.11

The Path

Well, I wasn’t expecting to post this image today. I was planning on making a few minor changes to this shot before posting, but a late night at the Calgary Flames game kept me from processing and uploading something else or making the edits to this shot. So, I hope you enjoy this shot as it is:)

I had a great time playing with textures and experimenting with onOne Software’s Mask Pro 4.1 when processing this shot. Mask Pro is an absolute joy to use when creating complex masks. Just choose which colours you want to keep and which ones you want to drop, and the magic brush does all the work for you. I was able to create the ridiculously complex mask around all those tree branches in a matter of minutes (you can see the mask here). Absolutely amazing.

Canon Rebel XTi, Tamron 28-80mm, 46mm, F 7.1, ISO 200, 1/100 sec

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March 31, 2011 - 7:18 am

Chris Nitz - Wow, I need to look into MaskPro now. Love the feeling and texture work, but I am kinda partial to texture work! Really liking the comp on this as well. Just a great job!

March 31, 2011 - 7:19 am

Rick Young - Great texture!

March 31, 2011 - 7:20 am

Brian Furbush - Whoa that mask is awesome dude. Looks like I’ll be looking into MaskPro too! Great shot, love the parchment texture.

March 31, 2011 - 7:27 am

Jesse Pafundi - That mask is incredible. Love the eerie atmosphere the texture gave this shot, def adds to the image.

March 31, 2011 - 7:34 am

Scott Ackerman - I agree with Jesse. Absolutely love the feeling this shot gives. Nice work with the mask as well, that level of detail is outstanding.

March 31, 2011 - 7:47 am

Scott Frederick - Sweet shot and way to pull it together with Mask Pro. Coincidently my post today was a bit unfinished. I too had another shot ready for today but fell asleep while finalizing it last night. lol

March 31, 2011 - 8:12 am

Adam Olson - This is really really cool! Love the texture overlays! The details of that mask are ridiculous!

March 31, 2011 - 8:37 am

Chris Wray - Nice departure! Wonderful texture and muted tones.

March 31, 2011 - 9:17 am

Steve Beal - It’s been really cool to see your texture-based work, it’s very creative, different and I’m enjoying it. Keep it coming! :)

March 31, 2011 - 9:18 am

Jason Hines - Awesome image Heath! I love the use of texture on this. I feel a definite sense of nostalgia looking it this.

March 31, 2011 - 9:36 am

Toad Hollow Photography - This is awesome Heath, I LOVE this image!

March 31, 2011 - 10:13 am

Mike Olbinski - Wow Heath, something totally different from you and I love it.

March 31, 2011 - 11:19 am

Chris Kenison - Very cool and very creative, Heath! I really, really like it! It’s fun to look at something we, in our tog community don’t do a ton of! Great work!

March 31, 2011 - 1:37 pm

Viveca Koh - This is a BEAUTY Heath, and that Mask Pro software is obviously top notch because you wouldn’t know that you had cut out all those trees. I love this one!

March 31, 2011 - 1:39 pm

Erin Duke - Excellent texture. Perfect for this image. Nicely done!

April 1, 2011 - 5:41 am

murphyz - Really nice Heath. I need to learn how to mask out trees as my previous attempts have been terrible, will have to check out that software – thanks.

April 1, 2011 - 8:26 am

Justin - The textures really added a great mood. Very nicely done.

April 1, 2011 - 8:18 pm

Chris DeAngelis - Man, that mask is sick! I haven’t really played around with MaskPro yet… Nice work and cool image.

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