Thursday, April 5, 2012

Photo Art Friday - April 6, 2012

It's PAF time!!! - This week the theme is: feature a macro photo (or a photograph that you have cropped to highlight a close-up part of the image) that you feel qualifies as a piece of art.



I was playing around one day with my camera and spotted a container of Licorice Nibs on the table and decided to take some Macro Photos of them.  - Does anyone else find themselves taking Macro shots of weird things like that?  Anyway I liked the way the photo turned out but thought it would be fun to play around with it using some features on Picnik.

Here is my Original Licorice Nib Shot SOOC - Click to enlarge:
















Up first is the Posterize feature on Picnik which I also did in Gimp but liked the Picnik version better.






























Next is the Hypnotic effect (I used this a couple of weeks ago and had to try it out again)






























Lastly (this one is my favorite) - Infrared - Heat Map 30% and text added.

Be sure to stop by Bonnie's Blog HERE and check out the other entries.
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18 comments:

  1. PhyllisApril 6, 2012 at 3:03 AM

    Hi Ida, I like your addition of the word sweet and how you ended up with blue and orange. Very cool. I could sit and edit for hours, it is so much fun. PS: I haven't even opened up my book about GIMP yet...but I will!!

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  2. SueannApril 6, 2012 at 3:14 AM

    I loved what you have done here. So cool! That hypnotic image is fab!!
    They are all marvelous...well done....well manipulated.
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  3. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.April 6, 2012 at 4:43 AM

    Wow Ida - these are GREAT - so creative! I love macros of ordinary things and then making them into art as you have done here. So glad you shared your photo art with PAF.

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  4. Sherri B.April 6, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    What wonderful effects you got from just one image - I especially love the second one. Wow! Thank you for sharing.

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  5. The Artful DivaApril 6, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    clever of you to use the licorice as your subject matter this week. Remind me - how did you do the hypnotic version - in Piknik? Anyway, it's really neat!

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  6. LeoviApril 6, 2012 at 3:11 PM

    That delicious candy compositions, I love licorice, wonderful. A hug.

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  7. ceeveeApril 6, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    I LOVE to take pictures of weird things! And so I am drawn to your licorice bits. All your experiments look mighty good to me!

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  8. Prairie JillApril 6, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    What a great idea to take pictures of licorice! I love your edits but I agree with you - the last one is my fave, too!

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  9. MerikeApril 6, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    WOW! Very powerful work pf art :)

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  10. Monica S EngellApril 7, 2012 at 4:20 AM

    So cool! The last one is my favorite, too! Like a poster,- very graphic!
    Have a nice day:)

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  11. ormbunkeApril 7, 2012 at 5:37 AM

    Kul idé och snygg bearbetning.
    Här vaknade vi också av att det snöat i natt. I dag är det sol men kall vind.

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  12. AnonymousApril 7, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    The hypnotic one is awesome!

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  13. kareninkenaiApril 7, 2012 at 1:33 PM

    Ida - these are just too cool and very creative. I really like all of them. Great processing. Thanks so much for sharing. Visiting from PAF. Karen

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  14. NatureFootstepApril 7, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    it is fun to play around a bit. :)

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  15. UnknownApril 7, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    I like each of these, but...
    I love color and fonts...
    so the last one is great!

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  16. A Creative GraceApril 7, 2012 at 5:14 PM

    Oh, I love these! The second is my fave I think, great editing and colour :)

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  17. MarilynApril 7, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    Such creativity. You do have an eye.

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  18. TerrieApril 8, 2012 at 1:09 PM

    I love these macro experiments. I thought my fave was the psychedelic one until I saw the last one - it's my fave. Great job. Thanks for the visit.

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