Photograph © Rick Sammon

For what ever reason, I find that I am playing with plug-ins more and more - with the goal of removing some of the reality from the scene, and with the hope of creating a more artist or painterly-quality.

Many of my friends are doing the same thing.

Here I used the Crisp filter in Topaz Clean to soft the image and to subdue the colors.

I added the frame in Photoshop's CS5's Actions.

Click here to see all the plug-ins that I use - and to save a few bucks.

I took this shot with my Canon 7D and Canon 100-400mm IS lens.

Explore the light,

Rick