Favorite Photo Friday: From Here to Mandala
I thought that I'd show you
the process behind my mandala "photos."
First, you start with a regular shot.
This one happens to be a close-up
of one tiny piece of a very large installation
of glass by artist Dale Chihuly.
Here are the details on this shot:
I used my Nikon D200 with the 18 - 200 mm lens.
ISO set at 400.
f/stop was 6.3
Shutter speed 1/160 second
Focal length was 170 mm
255 mm if compared to 35 mm
I used the center weighted average
metering mode (in camera)
The flash was disabled.
I didn't alter the shot in Photoshop.
The image above is right out of the camera.
The image above is right out of the camera.
BUT THEN
I couldn't help myself.
I just had to play.
1. first I opened the original photo
in Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
(haven't upgraded to the new version).
2. Using one of the drop-down menus,
I created a kaleidoscope effect.
There are all sorts of creative choices in this menu
and I manipulate them while seeing the effect
on screen, so I can't tell you exactly
what the settings were.
Since I can't leave well enough alone,
I opened the kaleidoscope shot
in CameraBag
and turned it into a "polaroid."
EASY PEASY.
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