Nudibranch, Fractalized
Fractalius Friday: The Second Installment
In case you missed it, my first attempt with Redfield's Fractalius plug-in was pretty neat. A week has passed, and the image now resides in my top 10 "interesting" flickr shots. Time will tell how long it stays there.
This time around, I wanted to try something other than just hitting the button and seeing what comes out. Most of my experimentation in the last week resulted in images that all had a similar look, so I set out to mix it up a bit. Due to the filter having quite a few slider adjustments to tweak, I am still a bit overwhelmed. Luckily, it has a random generator feature. After using the random generator for awhile, I was able to save about six custom filters.
This image is a result of two of my custom filters, with about a 70/30 split. I then used the Channel Mixer feature of Photoshop with the blue filter setting for monochrome. I adjusted levels for black and white, added a little brightness and contrast, and voilà, an image is born! I did use some layer masks to really fine tune some areas where the filter just didn't quite work out the way I wanted it to.
I hope you like it, I obviously do. And tune in next week for Part III of Fractalius Fridays.
And for reference, the original is here.
Comments and faves
Ryan Eng, Rick Goldwasser Photography, kendra just is, pat pelletier, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Ryan Eng (53 months ago | reply)
wow, that's so abstract. I absolutely love the results of that filter. i've really got to get it now.
Paul Santos Photography (53 months ago | reply)
Def the balck and white! Very slick.
n2kmp (Kim) (53 months ago | reply)
Spectacular, well done :o)
RyaninVa (53 months ago | reply)
very cool...
Behbehani-Shot.com (53 months ago | reply)
nice b&w
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Rick Goldwasser Photography (53 months ago | reply)
These otherworldly shots really seem to make some interesting fractals - nice work.
JimC_1946 (53 months ago | reply)
Your fractalized nudis are really original, Jim. Keep 'em coming!
G Dan Mitchell (53 months ago | reply)
I really like where you are going with this series... a lot! :-)
Dan
kendra just is (53 months ago | reply)
I am all in for fractalius fridays. Oh yeah, nice recovery of the image.
hee hee.
vazuw (53 months ago | reply)
dramatic
woodchuckiam (53 months ago | reply)
Great abstraction of a real creature!
jalbersmead (53 months ago | reply)
Great effect. I'll need to try that soon.
wrrroah (53 months ago | reply)
Cool!
-= BLUR =- [deleted] (53 months ago | reply)
Killer! Awesome in black and white. Way to go :o)
-= BLUR =- [deleted] (53 months ago | reply)
This shot just soooo rocks!
HFF!!!!! :o)
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Kido. (53 months ago | reply)
I saw your terrific image in Fractalius Images!
Thank you for sharing it!
{machel spence} aka..."mushroom queen" (53 months ago | reply)
Whoa...this is so beautiful!
photo ephemera (53 months ago | reply)
very cool....
jaden_alexander (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful
I saw your terrific image in Fractalius Images!
Thank you for sharing it!
Jaw's Dad (50 months ago | reply)
Seriously good Jim!
Todd Bretl (40 months ago | reply)
love this one!
Jeff de Guzman (40 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called DivePhotoGuide Underwater Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
fossiled (39 months ago | reply)
Wonderful transformation of a brilliant photo. Wow, Thanks.
tjunkie (Art is never finished, only abandoned) (31 months ago | reply)
Beautiful piece of art you got there
[ via 'Underwater Black and White' group on flickriver --tjunkie (Art is never finished, only abandoned) ]
peasuper (27 months ago | reply)
That has got to be the best nudi shot ever!