abstract world by Celeste Mookherjee
Just for fun!
A view from space? The base photo is actually quite Earthbound, a macro of a portion of my car’s dirty rear window. The substance on the window is a bird dropping that baked in the sun long enough to dry out and crack. I thought it looked kind of like a planet viewed from space, and that was the germ of the idea.
In Photoshop I made 3 copies of the original. I created the color changes and variations in lab mode in both the lab and lightness channels (separate layers) in 2 files. I then brought the lab layers into the 3rd file and experimented with different blending modes and opacities. Finally, I added a new empty layer on top, ran Render/Clouds, changed the blend mode to Screen (to make black disappear) and took the layer opacity down by about half.
Comments
Even dirty car windows become works of art through your keen eye and sharp lens!
Thanks, Phyll. :)
– Celeste Mookherjee
How very clever! And it does look like a view from space. Great work, Celeste. :o)
Thank you, Maggie. I wouldn’t have thought to put this on RedBubble until one of the groups announced a challenge made to order for it. :)
– Celeste Mookherjee
So cool! I defintiely looks like the topology of a planet from space!
Thank you, Joanne! It was a bit of craziness that actually worked. :)
– Celeste Mookherjee