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RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,919 moderator
edited October 4, 2012 in Other Cool Shots
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    DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2012
    Fresnel-ishess! thumb.gif

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    toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2012
    Very neat Richard. Very engaging... thumb.gif
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    black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,321 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2012
    Definitely different. It works very well as an abstract. Can't look at it too long, though, before I need to rest my eyes.
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    TravelTravel Registered Users Posts: 276 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2012
    Tell us how you did it!
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,919 moderator
    edited October 2, 2012
    Thanks for commenting, guys. Don's correct--the original shots were two closeups of the Fresnel lenses of a lighthouse.

    The processing involved too many steps to list here (PM me if you really want the gory details), but the basic trick was to duplicate each square crop, flip one of them, then combine the four resulting pixel layers using luminosity and vivid light modes at low opacity. The rest was just straightforward contrast and color enhancement and sharpening.
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    toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2012
    Wow, very well done... thumb.gif
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    CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2012
    Very cool, Richard. I'm slightly bothered by how the diagonals draw the eye to dead center. You might consider a crop that makes it less symmetrical. Or not.
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    DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2012
    Looks like you had some fun with this :D Reminded me of when I looked through a kaleidoscope. I didn't even get dizzy looking at it. Had to inspect every part of it to see what was in it.
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    SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2012
    I likes it! clap.gifclapclap.gif

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    TomCollinsTomCollins Registered Users Posts: 62 Big grins
    edited October 4, 2012
    Really nice abstract. Congrats wings.gif
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,919 moderator
    edited October 4, 2012
    Thanks guys, much appreciated.

    @Cornflake: I see what you're saying. I tried a few crops but TBH, I didn't find one that I liked more. Please feel free to edit it yourself and post any suggestions. thumb.gif
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    rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    Definitely different. It works very well as an abstract. Can't look at it too long, though, before I need to rest my eyes.

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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2012
    Very cool - I see, of course, a couple of eerie robot faces........:eek1
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