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Google. Escher's Droste Effect. Published on 17 November 2008 MC Escher's "Prentententoonstelling" (print gallery) image took this idea one step further and mapped the image on itself in a spiral. However, he only got so far with pen and paper leaving an enigmatic white centre. It wasn't until the Dutch mathematician, Hendrik Lenstra, worked out the maths behind the image transformation that the complete effect could be visualised. Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-... Learn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a few other tricks to make smoke look like a skull.

Manipulate Smoke to Create Hyper-...

This technique has a variety of outcomes and works well with water, clouds and a whole bunch of other stuff. This is probably more for intermediate users, as I guide you through the process well, but not every Warp Grid point handle move. How to Turn Humdrum Photos Into Cinematic Portraits. Learn Night Photography. How many seconds?

Learn Night Photography

Photography is really about light. Night photography is just like any other type of photography except you don't have the sun to help you light up your pictures. Mixed Light. Digital Photography Tutorials by Roie Galitz - Infrared Photography. Take a good look around you and you’ll see and endless diversity of hues in all the colors of the rainbow: The grass is green, the sky is blue, the roses are red and the future is bright. Now imagine that on top of all the colors you can see, there are other ranges that are normally invisible to us, colors that for us don’t exist but they’re out there and for some animals they are a part of everyday life. I am talking about the Infra-Red (IR) spectrum and in this article I will show it to you. By the way, clicking on the small photos will enlarge them. Content: 1. 2. Infrared Photography with a Digital Camera. Fogging Certain cameras or lenses may exhibit some fogging, or image areas with extra exposure (for example, a bright central spot seen with many Canon lenses).

Infrared Photography with a Digital Camera

This may be due to light scattered from inner surfaces of the lens, or to some peculiarities of anti-reflective lens coating which was not really designed for infrared. Sometimes the blackness of internal surfaces of the lens tube or mirror chamber may be "not black enough" in infrared. (I experienced the last effect a few years ago with an Olympus E-10, where the extreme 15% or so of many frames was ghosted.) Motion blur. Create Silky Smooth Waterfalls In Photoshop. Written by Steve Patterson.

Create Silky Smooth Waterfalls In Photoshop

In this Photoshop Effects tutorial, we’re going to look at how to give waterfalls a silky smooth appearance, as if the photo was taken with a longer exposure which would normally require the use of a neutral density filter. Here’s the photo I’ll be starting with: The original image. And here’s the finished “silky smooth” effect: The final result. Photographing Car Light Trails. Learn how to capture stunning night time car trails with ease.

All you need is a camera, your imagination, and a willingness to stay up late. I have always loved night photography - the interplay of different light sources produces a fantastic array of colours, and the contrast between light and dark areas creates a vibrant, engaging scene. Light trails are one of my favourite night photography subjects. Their twisting shapes lead the viewer's eye around the image, producing some wonderfully abstract photos. How to Photograph Water Drops with One Speedlight. Ever notice those cool water photos that drop into the Strobist Flickr Pool? Water droplet photography is very easy to get started with, and you can get as complex as you want. There are three tricks to making beautiful, time-scultped water pictures with a single small flash: Light placement, timing and flash duration.

More, plus two videos, inside. How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography. Using Photoshop and Your Brain to Produce Diorama Illusions. Have you ever built a diorama?

Using Photoshop and Your Brain to Produce Diorama Illusions

It's a depiction of a scene in miniature. Or perhaps you remember owning a dollhouse or train set as a kid. You lay on the floor, inches away from tiny versions of full-size objects. In the background, your brain was busy writing the software that makes this illusion effective. This fun photo treatment can be performed by almost anyone in short order, once some basics are understood of how the brain processes images.

Background 1: Understanding the Mind's Eye The mind is an interesting construct. At the risk of sounding a bit Zen for an image editing tutorial, the answer becomes clear when you remember that you are not actually experiencing reality when you look at the world. When you were very young, your brain wrote the software that it uses to process image data from your eyes. Background 2: Effects of Depth of Field on Perception. 5 Black and White Photography Tips. A Post By: Darren Rowse Continuing the Black and White Photography theme we’ve been on lately in the latest forum assignment (where the photos featured in this post were submitted) I thought I’d share five pretty random Black and White Photography Tips. 1.

5 Black and White Photography Tips

Hand Colouring A Black And White Photo In Photoshop - Photoshop Tutorial. Try before you buy. Download any Adobe product for a free 30 day trial. Hand Colouring A Black And White Photo In Photoshop - Photoshop Tutorial You can hand colour a black and white photograph in Photoshop in a number of ways. In this tutorial, I’m looking at how to add colour by making selections and using adjustment layers.