HIGHLIGHTING EFFECTS

Sometimes, when I take a photo and am going over it in photoshop, I decide that I would like to highlight a certain area. In this picture above, I wanted to emphasize the center. I did this by making all the surrounding sections darker. I used a plug-in called Color Efex Pro and a filter called lighten/darker. This could also be done by created a duplicate layer on top. Darken it. Then soft erase out the center. It's pretty simple stuff but can really add the dramatic feel to the image.

YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH GREAT LIGHT

I was driving somewhere the other night and happen to have one of the cameras with me in my car. I took a look at the sky and thought where I was and what was interesting near me. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a shot at the awesome light that was going on. I pulled over at the mall and walked up to the footbridge. I didn't have plans to take a sunset picture that night but that's just the way it is.