Editing was a small crop, Light saturation increase, resize & very minor sharpen
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Post challenge: Wohooo!! Did better than I expected.
Thanks for all the positive comments.
I am proud to say I came up with the lighting technique for this image myself. That doesn't mean it hasn't been done before though.
The image here is almost straight from camera. Very little post processing is needed.
My super secret technique (Don't tell anyone) is..
I used a laptop with the screen folded out flat. I used photoshop and the gradient fill to create coloured rings. then using a round rod, wound up loads of pieces of paper and placed them on the screen.
Then took a 20 second exposure in a dark room using a tripod, abd there you have it.
Here is the un edited original:
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An ingenious set up that jolts my creative world. Working one medium against the other to produce a "mind boggling" visual delight. Love it.
Congratulations on your 4th place and worthy of a ribbon.
its an idea that has been done many times but i feel you have been the best to pull it off. really great vibrant colours, my one little nark about it is there are 3 points where there is a little break in the paper so a different colour shows through. very small but its there.
Criminy this is incredible! Love the colors and the shapes!! It appears to move on its own, like a computer graphic. I usually am not one for abstracts, but this is just too cool for color TV. I'd buy this as a print for sure. Lovely! :)
Not sure if this is timfythetoo's entry, but it is a similar shot and I really like the colors and curves. Nice job. 10.
Reviewing scores and I found myself stopping again on this one. It's definitely in my top 5 of the group. Nice job. If it doesn't make the top 10, the voters should be beaten with a stick (lol).
This is odd but so dang interesting. Very very creative and just downright artistic. Great idea and great job turning the idea into a still shot. I would hang this on my wall any day!
paper is so hard to manipulate. this must have taken you all day? I hate shots like this, but your variations make this shot fascinating. Also, the illusion keeps shifting between concave and convex. It's the kind of image you can just stare at it for hours. I'll give it a 7 for now and possibly bump it higher.
This is way cool. If this had been simply an abstract challenge, my guess is that this would have ribboned. I hope it does well in the free study. One thing I particularly like about it is that if I'm guessing correctly, it does not appear to have had a lot of post-processing.
this will do super well and I reckon would be right up there in the top 5...I have seen many of these images, but this is the best of this kind by far...there is a smootheness and surreal look to this...has to be a complete 10 to me...good luck
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