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Spherized
Spherized
cgino


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Galleries: Floral, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2009

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Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

 I've been wanting to play with flowers, but there really aren't any here yet so I had to get an old image. The processing is a bit overkill here I think, but that's the fun of side challenges!
First I cropped, then did some levels adjustments. When I sized my oval frame to the square image I got a nice circle, so thought I'd do a bit of a spherized distortion in that area of the image. I used two layers of the frame in multiply mode, on the second one I masked the round sphere area out. I combined all of these into a new layer then ran Color Efex Pro tonal contrast filter first, then one of the bi-color filters. I added in the color curve adjustment layer from the Urban Acid action and set opacity to 40%. Here is the screen capture with all the layers and the original image:

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 07/15/2010 12:36:53 PM
This is so beautiful!!!
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 04/15/2009 08:05:37 AM
As always, I'm mesmerized and amazed by your ability to use the tools of our hobby - I can read what you did but I'm pretty sure I could never duplicate it! I really do like the feeling that I'm looking through an actual globe here.
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 04/07/2009 08:45:45 PM
I guess this type of image would be outlawed in the regular challenge.
This is one reason I like side challenges. This is a beautiful piece of artwork.
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 04/05/2009 05:56:43 PM
this is just amazingly beautiful colleen .. it literally sparkles ..
and wot a blast to see your workflow as a print screen .. thanks for posting it .. :)..
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 04/05/2009 04:43:08 PM
Oh cool. I'm looking through a window into a magical botanist's greenhouse and this is what I see. YAY for your imaginative approach.
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 04/05/2009 01:09:46 PM
Beautiful! I love the framing and the sphere! Like a lovely water ball for an outside garden!
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