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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 286741" data-attributes="member: 9240">I'd been caching away several images for the March Abstract contest, trying to decide exactly what I wanted to enter while trying to finish some things before the end of the month.&nbsp; I have to say that there were some phenomenal images submitted this month that cover a wide gamut of what folks would refer to as &quot;abstract&quot;.&nbsp; My ideas could be split into 2 categories, &quot;Abstract as shot&quot; and &quot;Abstract as created&quot;.&nbsp; Given the many great photos that benefited more from pure composition than from image manipulation in post I had abandoned some of my ideas, deciding not to muddy the waters with layered multiple images along with some of the great shots that were there.That said, I thought I'd work to finish them for my own education, and will post them as they're done - &quot;Making&quot; a picture instead of &quot;Taking&quot; it some days, since I'm no longer in the running for the challenge.Here's one I did early on.&nbsp; It's a 4-cut composite of a single image I took at a local Farmer's Market.&nbsp; The original that it's based on was posted earlier in this thread...[ATTACH]81017[/ATTACH]When the abstract topic came up I thought back to a tree image I'd shot earlier that I later produced a mirror-reflection of and thought maybe that would work here.&nbsp; When I couldn't find a way for it to mirror I decided to play with rotating it 45 degrees and cropping it differently and sure enough, that was something that worked.&nbsp; So, for giggles, I rotated and mirrored two more times, and that worked.&nbsp; I then played more, replicating things, transforming and rotating layers, and wound up with this Magic Mushroom composite...[ATTACH=full]81018[/ATTACH]OK, so since this was &quot;abstract&quot;, I figured, &quot;Why stop there?!&quot;.&nbsp; So, I replicated the image and started playing with blending the image with itself using different blend modes (something I've become far more familiar with this month).&nbsp; When I hit the &quot;Exclusion&quot; mode I was very intrigued by what I saw.&nbsp; Well, I wish I could tell you exactly what I did, but playing strictly with Blend Modes and layer opacity, Magic Mushrooms became Psychedelic Mushrooms.&nbsp; LOL[ATTACH=full]81019[/ATTACH]Now 'scuse me, there's a sky that needs kissing...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 286741, member: 9240"] I'd been caching away several images for the March Abstract contest, trying to decide exactly what I wanted to enter while trying to finish some things before the end of the month. I have to say that there were some phenomenal images submitted this month that cover a wide gamut of what folks would refer to as "abstract". My ideas could be split into 2 categories, "Abstract as shot" and "Abstract as created". Given the many great photos that benefited more from pure composition than from image manipulation in post I had abandoned some of my ideas, deciding not to muddy the waters with layered multiple images along with some of the great shots that were there. That said, I thought I'd work to finish them for my own education, and will post them as they're done - "Making" a picture instead of "Taking" it some days, since I'm no longer in the running for the challenge. Here's one I did early on. It's a 4-cut composite of a single image I took at a local Farmer's Market. The original that it's based on was posted earlier in this thread... [ATTACH=CONFIG]81017._xfImport[/ATTACH] When the abstract topic came up I thought back to a tree image I'd shot earlier that I later produced a mirror-reflection of and thought maybe that would work here. When I couldn't find a way for it to mirror I decided to play with rotating it 45 degrees and cropping it differently and sure enough, that was something that worked. So, for giggles, I rotated and mirrored two more times, and that worked. I then played more, replicating things, transforming and rotating layers, and wound up with this [I]Magic Mushroom[/I] composite... [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]81018._xfImport[/ATTACH] OK, so since this was "abstract", I figured, "Why stop there?!". So, I replicated the image and started playing with blending the image with itself using different blend modes (something I've become far more familiar with this month). When I hit the "Exclusion" mode I was very intrigued by what I saw. Well, I wish I could tell you exactly what I did, but playing strictly with Blend Modes and layer opacity, [I]Magic Mushrooms[/I] became [I]Psychedelic Mushrooms. [/I]LOL [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]81019._xfImport[/ATTACH] Now 'scuse me, there's a sky that needs kissing... [/QUOTE]

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