Kaleidoscopes are fun to look through. They fragment what we see, multiply the fragments, and put them together again in amazingly complex variations.
Above : Original Photo
Lucid means bright or luminous. When editing this image I increased the vibrance and saturation by 100%. I slightly took down the exposure, increased the recovery light all the way and decreased the blacks. The colors that showed up in this photograph when I increased the vibrance and saturation contrast and compliment each other. It reminds me of a something under a black light. I like the jagged edges in the rock and the contrast in the original image between the wet and dry rock made for a really cool effect in this kaleidoscope. If you look at the middle/top of this kaleidoscope the rock appears to have a dragon-like face or a face that resembles a Praying Mantis.
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Above : Original Photo
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| Oregon Flora
Flora is a latin word meaning the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. When taking this image I had in mind that on the color wheel purple and yellow contrast and compliment each other. When editing this image I increased the blues and the purples and slightly decreased the yellows because I didn't want the yellow to clash with the green. I tried several different combinations when creating this kaleidoscope and this one was the one that I found worked best.
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Above : Original Photo
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| Lost at Sea
This kaleidoscope is one of my favorites. I like the contrast in scale between the bird and the rock and I love the way the wave looks while splashing up against the side it. When editing this image I made the hue in the oranges a darker red-orange, the aqua a deeper blue, and the blues more aqua. I took down the saturation in the reds and I increased the saturation of the orange and yellow. The reason why I edited the color in this image is because I wanted to show some contrast in color.
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Above : Original Photo
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| Chief Crazy Horse
This image came from a vintage slide that I bought at the beach. When editing this image I used the brush tool to bring attention to the details in the image. I increased the clarity of the image and I used the split tone technique. The two colors I chose when using the split tone was orange and blue, although those two colors don't seem to really show up I think they gave the image a vintage sepia effect.
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| Above : Original Photo |
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| Two Tone Flora
Like in the kaleidoscope before this, I used the split tone technique. I first made it black and white, then I put the split tone effect on it. For this image, the two colors I chose were purple and blue, I chose these two in particular because they were both cool colors and I liked the way the highlights turned out in the kaleidoscope.
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| Above : Original Photo |
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| Fauna
With this image I also used split toning and the colors I chose were pink and green. In the original image I loved the way the two zebra's were standing next to each other and both looking at me. Their strips are almost mesmerizing to me as I was most likely to them. This was the second watering hole in Africa I had seen and the amount of animals there was crazy. I love how the image is mirrored in this kaleidoscope as well and it took a lot of trial and error with cropping to make it look just right. I also like how the zebra in the center creates an 'X' shape in this kaleidoscope and he also appears as if he/she has two heads!!
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