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December 29, 2014 by Andrew McLachlan

Old Fire Engine – Topaz Detail

This afternoon while on my way home from running a few errands in Barrie, Ontario I decided to take one of the backroads home, and am so glad I did as I came across a wonderful old fire engine parked beside a lovely grouping of blue spruce trees. We had a very light dusting of snow last night as well, which helped add another element of interest to the scene. After creating a few quick images I rushed home to play around with the images in some of the various Topaz Labs plug-ins that I have. Above is a quasi-grunge version using Topaz Detail. Below are two alternate renderings using Topaz Impressions and Topaz Black & White Effects 2.

Please remember to click on each of the images to see the larger, sharper versions. Which artistic rendering do you prefer most?

I have decided to change the way I post images to the blog for the coming year. I will go into more detail on what prompted the change soon.

Old Fire Engine – Topaz Impression

Old Fire Engine – Topaz Black & White Effects 2

6 Responses

on December 29, 2014 at 9:12 pm | Reply Craig

I love the last one, it’s has a real great old feel to it. Nice !
- on December 31, 2014 at 6:04 pm | Reply Andrew McLachlan
  
  Thanks Craig!
on December 29, 2014 at 9:15 pm | Reply Denise Ippolito

I like the coloring toning in the third image best!
- on December 31, 2014 at 6:05 pm | Reply Andrew McLachlan
  
  Thanks so much Denise, me too 🙂
on December 30, 2014 at 7:29 am | Reply Cathie Elmgren

I like the first picture best. I would like to see what the original colouring was to appreciate the changes you have made. The second picture looks too fake to me.
- on December 31, 2014 at 6:08 pm | Reply Andrew McLachlan
  
  Much appreciated Cathie. The red was very bright like it is in the second image, hence the toned down versions. In the second image I was going for a painterly cartoon-like look.