Macro of cactus with the profile of Mickey Mouse. Used grayscale, curves, and a color wash to accentuate the spininess and the outline. Title parodies the Disneyland motto ...
-Handheld, Super-macro mode
-Channel Mixer, grayscale mode
-RGB Curve
-Create new layer, fill with radial gradient in Color mode
-Adjusted gradient with Curve and a little Dodge/Burn
-Resized
-Cropped a little from all sides to redice file size
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 5/10 = 199kb
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Wow, mickie was much more visible in the thumbnail than the full version. Something about this color combo really weirds out my eyes. I don't think I've ever seen an image quite like this on DPC.....
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