Daily Photo – Ocean Drive Miami – The Breakwater Hotel
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Daily Photo – Ocean Drive Miami – The Breakwater Hotel

Next door to Ocean's Ten and the Edison is the Breakwater Hotel. It's hard to miss given the prominence of the name on the building! Blues, and white are a repeating color theme on Ocean Drive. There are exceptions, of course. I was really drawn to that iconic sign, a beacon of the district. This view is from the south looking north-east. At the far right you can just make out the roof of the Chevy Bel Air parked outside Ocean's Ten. By the exif data from the camera, I took this shot around 9:50 am or about 30 minutes after I took the shot of The Edgewater.

Once again, I finished this photo with a beta evaluation copy of onOne Perfect Photo Suite 7. I'm getting more familiar with the controls of Perfect Effects 4 and I like it a little more each time I use it. Tomorrow I'll post a happy accident I made while processing this photo. As with the last couple of posts, I combined multiple effects to arrive at this point. I really like the degree of control onOne provides. And since each effect sits in it's own layer you can experiment freely.

The Breakwater Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami, FL.
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I'm also experimenting with the new Perfect B&W 1 that ships as part of the suite. Although in the beta version not all the presets are built out, there's an impressive set that is. At this time, though, I prefer to start with a neutral conversion and then adjust it myself. I tend to start at the top of the right-hand panel and work my way down though the numerous control panels. Again, the degrees of freedom and control that Perfect B&W 1 gives me is quite impressive.

The Breakwater Hotel, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami, FL.
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