Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by gwendy:
Interesting use of color-did you use a filter to achieve this?

Lion
by whagerbaumer

Comment by bryanbrazil:
Very nice, that is the same lion that's in my portfolio!

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by BikerGreg:
Looks like you used filters to your advantage.

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by RedOak:
Not too fond of this idea. I suppose some could like it and i do not want to lower a score based only on my personal taste. Composition is good tho, but i'd like to see a frame accompany this shot. Doesn't feel really surreal to me tho... 5

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by woohoopepper:
Love the colors!

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by conceptphoto:
Good attempt, and I like the use of unsharp mask and the placement of the plant.

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by Tomcam:
"Oh....how lush this thing!
Velvet in your mouth..and your tongue of blood"

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by aleksi:
Quite curious use of basic editing for this one. But I have to admit I like the results. The fact there's three points of interest here, the top flower, the middle center of plant and the bottom red leaf, perhaps tunes this one into higher surreal feeling that it would deserve. Can't say if the white line on bottom works well or marvellously, but disturbingly nevertheless. White halos are very nice touch. I'd really like to here how did you accomplish this without use of masks etc.

Beets: A Challenge To The Tyranny Of Color Space Logic (2005)
by whagerbaumer

Comment by teknon42:
i really like the title, but the image isn't doing much for me

Lean forward and back
by whagerbaumer

Comment by whagerbaumer:
Thanks for all the nice comments. I did not have a clue as to why the picture changed as I moved back and forth looking at it. After giving it some thought, I believe it may be because of temporary retinal retention of a bright image. By moving you move the image you just formed and overlay it on the new image and simultaneously form a new image which is then moved and overlayed. That will occur until you stop moving. Just a theory. If anyone else has a clue, I am still a littlc curious.

By the way, if you want to see the image I was trying to create when I couldn't make this one come out and started blurring it, take a look in my portfolio at the picture: Anatomy of Incandescence. I have been trying to develop the techniques of combining very bright and very dark elements in the same picture.

I am glad that others enjoyed experiencing the same phenomenon that puzzled me.

For any who did not understand. The title is a recommendation as to how to view this picture so as to experience a particular phenomenon.

Thanks again. Especially to the extraordinary five people who gave this a 10.