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
Andrew McLachlan 
I love the last one, it’s has a real great old feel to it. Nice !
Thanks Craig!
I like the coloring toning in the third image best!
Thanks so much Denise, me too 🙂
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.
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.