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Eternal Scream 3 (Alpha Blending)

Eternal Scream 3 (Alpha Blending) by Josh Sommers.
See the Escher Droste Print Gallery group for a description of how this type of image is created. You can also learn how to create droste effect images by following my tutorial.

Great News: This image was chosen to be featured in the April 2007 issue of "Linux Format" magazine (the #1 Linux mag in the UK). The image is a side bar article within an article about the upcoming release of GIMP 2.4.

BoingBoing.net, Digg.com and Reddit.com are the reason that this one image has over 100k views. Thanks everyone for stopping by! 

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the awful din (Ben Wester)  Pro User  says:

Yeah, I feel like that too sometimes. Seriously though, very cool image. This is one of the best yet of your droste.
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VRfoto  Pro User  says:

Incredible! :)

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inkyfingerz  Pro User  says:

Magnificent!
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Memo Vasquez  Pro User  says:

Amazing!!!
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alrobertson314 says:

Really great! Captures exactly how I feel right now...
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kazam media says:

How?...
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Trepanaciones says:

I love it
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Sylpics  Pro User  says:

I don't know how you did this, but it's fantastic :))
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Love.to.be.fuzzy[in pelo stat virtus]  Pro User  says:

Great work!Impressive!
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endlessblue says:

Great work!
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alfonsoso says:

Wow! It´s very expresive! Great work!
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Carmeena [deleted] says:

Spectacular work ! Congrats ! see in interesting archives.
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serni  Pro User  says:

hope it's not a bad tooth :-)
great work!
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LucaPicciau says:

Excellent work!!!!!!!!
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Fr3ccia says:

nice shot
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wish u were here (off contemplating life) [deleted] says:

amazing......wow.....
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Yun Ping says:

Haha.............COOL......
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littlelakey  Pro User  says:

wow ... that is scary ... well done
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Miro42  Pro User  says:

Great :-)
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topupthetea  Pro User  says:

this is aaaaaawesome! \o/
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© ~Vision~A i r y ~  Pro User  says:

I saw this in the 25+ Faves group and Faved it.
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Nick Carlson  Pro User  says:

wow..crazy!!
awesome
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Coy Aune  Pro User  says:

very cool!
great idea
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**ste** says:

Genial!!!!!
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henk brakema (Holland) says:

Amazing!
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françois. says:

tout est dit.
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riopel2dali  Pro User  says:

Amazing shot ! well done .
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ww3billard  Pro User  says:

Stunning and most creative!
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Mike__G  Pro User  says:

A great demonstration of your mastery.
Done with excellence !!
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jmark media llc says:

You have been selected to join our community and post this image.

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www.JasonHunken.com says:

Thats pretty freakin rad. I'm impressed.
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Shari DeAngelo  Pro User  says:

I love when a photo knocks me out of my comfort zone... and keeps hold of me at the same time. That's what this one does to me. Technically, you nailed it. Every pixel just right, to my eye. If you got sloppy at any point here, in post work, I sure as heck can't see it on here. Really nice work. Scary, creepy, disturbing and good.

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Esther17  Pro User  says:

incredible shot! wow!
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Jennifers Photography  Pro User  says:

I really like this photo. It really gets your attention. Smack! Right off the bat!!!
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Levan Kakabadze (tabu) says:

this great! very creative and very well done!

Score 10/10 as seen in The Portfolio: Pro
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aseptyczny says:

The idea and execution is outstanding! I only wish it was more contrasted and saturated to give it more bright look :-)


Score 9/10 as seen in The Portfolio: Pro
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V. Mason (Catching up)  Pro User  says:

Technical: 9 - The focus and exposure are great, and the post processing is incredible. On the large view, I see a little grain in the black space, but that could be my monitor....
Composition: 9 When I look at the picture, my eyes are first drawn to the teeth (Placed well following the rule of thirds), and then are led to the center of the frame, and the repeating image.
Eye Appeal: 9 The thumbnail does not do this image justice, as it has good eye appeal, although a slightly unsettling image - as I'm sure was intended.
Commercial Viability: 9 I could see this being used as an album cover.
Really a great image, with fantastic imagination and presentation.


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Josh Sommers  Pro User  says:

Mason, thank you very much for your detailed critique!

It is not your monitor, there is grain in the black area, that is a result of having removed the background from the original image and then adding noise to try to compensate for a solid black background that did not look great. The rest of the image has a fair amount of noise due to the HDR process I used, and so I was tryiny to get that same level of noise in the false background so that it did not distract from the rest of the image by being too clean.
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Nicole Pearce  Pro User  says:

Totally weird but I like it.
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Karen Martin Photo  Pro User  says:

this is soooo cool!
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brissa says:

really great photo and what a great idea! Love how it stretches on and on and on.
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Goldschleife says:

Brilliant realization of a tremendous idea.
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missy-n-jsn says:

insane!
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Dave G Kelly  Pro User  says:

Smokin'!!

This is a great composition on so many levels.

Wouldn't have noticed the noise on the black if it hadn't been mentioned, but besides that - it is genius.

Reminds me of the cover art for In The Court of the King Crimson.

But this is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.
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ricolikesbikes says:

A cool fave ...
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*eSThER* - estherphotography.nl  Pro User  says:

Wow, this is weird, but somehow I keep on looking at it. Great!

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~The Olis In 'Consin~  Pro User  says:

that's on heck of a shot!!! awesome!!!

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Rabinito says:

Awesome!! Faved!
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Kora White says:

the neverending urge to cry.
great idea and realization!

sorry, i forgot to add the link to THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES group..
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*atrium09  Pro User  says:

Amazing work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.
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graphicgreg  Pro User  says:

Verrry clever, and beautifully executed ! ! !

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borealnz  Pro User  says:

Wow!! What wonderful work!

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prwhitehead says:

incredible! this is the most original idea i have seen in a long time, and you nailed it! damn!

Nomination

you win!
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Javier_Saracho says:

Nomination
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Josh Sommers  Pro User  says:

Thanks for the nominations guys, it means a lot to me coming from Portfolio Pro members!
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EARTH 2015 says:

Very disturbing, but extremely mesmerizing Escher-like image! Bravo!

Nomination
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northmanimages says:

Wickedly brilliant
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soe moe kyaw says:

Nice concept, good illustration!
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Red Clown says:

very creative! great art work
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kdriese  Pro User  says:

Nomination
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fyimo  Pro User  says:

Nomination
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Jalca  Pro User  says:

Out of this world!!
Nomination
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EncinoMan  Pro User  says:

The new Escher generation.
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*blackRose*  Pro User  says:

das ist ja irre, very great work!!!!
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ecstaticist  Pro User  says:

That's f^*%$#g amazing!!

ahem...

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RussellReno  Pro User  says:

Fantastic

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Pau_M's says:

Spiral of Pain.
Good job, it's so worked, really good.
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Nicolas Moulin (Nimou)  Pro User  says:

I saw this in the 100+ Faves group and Faved it.
Areally good work
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Douglas Lowe  Pro User  says:

How??
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Harshad Sharma  Pro User  says:

!!!
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objectif lune  Pro User  says:

I'm a big fan of escher and your photos are similar amazing as his drawings.

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realkuhl  Pro User  says:

This is great !!
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_saurabh_  Pro User  says:



Kindly add this picture in Flickr Platinum's Monthly Contest Thread, and do utilize your votes as well, while adding this beauty in that contest, please also spend some time reading the rules over there.
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antonioVi  Pro User  says:

Great photography! I love it !!

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lavinia*s  Pro User  says:

this is so amazing :)
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gwacdotca  Pro User  says:

That is trippy!!
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A.Morote says:

awesomee!!
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Fla Barbieri (Cokin Girl)  Pro User  says:

Really incredible...
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Geomangio <3  Pro User  says:

I Think this is Art ! AWARD
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endraum says:

this is just perfect!!! the most stunning pic I've seen on FLICKR!!!
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Ana Castaneda says:

genial!!!
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Chris (archi3d)  Pro User  says:

I am falling down.
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Floater Ya-Ya  Pro User  says:

Sometimes there's nothing to say but WOW.... WOW!! Very creative. Kudos!!!
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© ~Vision~A i r y ~  Pro User  says:

Your fantabulous flickr photo is a fave!
Please post this beauty to the Fave My Fave pool
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yaari says:

This fabulous flickr photo was faved in
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*Mac* says:

That is so cool!
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Eliza Beth  Pro User  says:

Great work! Totally different.

This fabulous flickr photo was faved in
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¡anna]  Pro User  says:

fantastic! you are a genius!
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gimola  Pro User  says:

wow, this is truly amazing! I'm actually speachless :))
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Liquid Image  Pro User  says:

Brilliant!
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Flexart  Pro User  says:

perfect!!!
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Cognitive Ambition  Pro User  says:

Nice fractals.

I Think this is Art ! AWARD
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Tushal says:

i liked the 1st version better than this.
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Josh Sommers  Pro User  says:

Tushal, why is that? Just the direction of the spiral? If that is the case, there is an Eternal Scream 2 that has the same direction of the spiral. The first one is technically flawed if you look closely at the teeth. This one and #2 just correct that one flaw, otherwise the only difference on this one is the direction of the spiral.
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pictureclub_2000  Pro User  says:

Brilliant work. fantastically idea.
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Evelina. says:

genious
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Kenny Vox  Pro User  says:

te felicito ..
IN-CREIBLE trabajo..
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