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Thought when I mirror imaged this shot to try to do one of the pinwheels that they looked like a little row of aliens so kept it in a row. I will add the original image in the discussion. Before and After in Digital Darkroom newsletter.
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Marsha S. Smith
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    This is the original image that the 'aliens' were taken from. In Photofiltre - I cropped the image so it was more vertical, mirror imaged it a few times and cropped again to make size more manageable then really tweaked the contrast. They just looked like some kind of alien to me afterwards.

4/24/2005 6:01:11 AM

 
Charlene Bayerle
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Very cool imagery Marsha...very creative!!!

4/24/2005 6:02:08 AM

 
Donald K. Cherry
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Cool image, Marsha! I wish I had the software to acomplish effects like this!

4/24/2005 6:04:53 AM

 
Carla Metzler
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Cool image, Marsha! Very creative!

4/24/2005 6:07:37 AM

 
Cindy Paquette
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FABULOUS!!!! Wow...eye popping colors that are so wonderful!! This is just great Marsha..

4/24/2005 6:13:15 AM

 
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This is wonderful, Marsha!
Beautiful color, pattern and eye catching impact
Excellent work!

bill

4/24/2005 6:14:03 AM

 
Marsha S. Smith
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Thanks Charlene, Don, Carla, Cindy and Bill. It turned out so wild that I am not sure it still resembles a photograph, but it sure was fun!

Don - I emailed you the web address on how to download the software this was done with - it and 2 others - all free and really cool to play with.

4/24/2005 6:20:34 AM

 
Kara Hendricks
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You certainly have a way with your PS work Marsha... Very cool!!

4/24/2005 6:20:45 AM

 
Judith G. Secco
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A very interesting work of art!!!

4/24/2005 6:20:56 AM

 
Cathy Gregor
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Very cool, Marsha! Excellent work! They do look like alens!

4/24/2005 6:27:33 AM

 
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Oooo - cool panoramic image, Marsha! NIce editing job!

4/24/2005 6:56:02 AM

 
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This is fabulous, Marsha! Excellent PS work! Marvelous job!

4/24/2005 7:18:37 AM

 
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Fantastic work, Marsha!Very cool, creative, BRAVA!

4/24/2005 7:31:51 AM

 
William Moore
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eye popping absract...vibrant hues congrats

4/24/2005 7:41:07 AM

 
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Way too creative, Marsha!! I just love your work on this!!

4/24/2005 7:50:46 AM

 
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CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A cool as long as your image! Very well done!!!!!!!!

4/24/2005 8:04:35 AM

 
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This looks like alien bugs marching Marsha. I agree with Mata - so COOL! LOVE THE COLORS! Super work and effects here!

4/24/2005 8:12:29 AM

 
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Very cool, Marsha! Love the colors!! Great job w/ effects! :0)

4/24/2005 8:16:27 AM

 
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you are doing some incredible work...just love it

4/24/2005 9:05:44 AM

 
Colette M. Metcalf
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This is GREAT, Marsha!!!!

4/24/2005 9:14:51 AM

 
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Amazing transformation, Marsha, and perfect follow-up to yesterday's fantastic image :-)

4/24/2005 9:19:30 AM

 
Marsha S. Smith
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Thanks everyone - this one was just plain FUN!

Kara, Judith, Cathy G, Tom, Tammy, Ermanno, William, Sanjay, Mata (tttthhhhaaaannnnkssss) a thanks as long as the cool, Jill, Casey, Cathy B, Colette and Steve (had to get a little crazy)!

4/24/2005 9:31:57 AM

 
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This is a really neat abstract! This is so creative!

4/24/2005 9:53:05 AM

 
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Marsha would you mind emailing me with the address too!! :) THANKS

4/24/2005 9:53:52 AM

 
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What a fun and vibrant shot Marsha ! I knew they'd come !!

4/24/2005 9:59:37 AM

 
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Thank you so much, Cathy and Melissa.

Melissa - I'll do that right now!

4/24/2005 10:34:28 AM

 
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Marsha,

Very interesting work of art. I love the bright colors in this. It could be bright and cheery in a childs room.

Kerby

4/24/2005 11:23:42 AM

 
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Marsha, very intresting and well done

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4/24/2005 11:25:19 AM

 
Laurence Saliba
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Aliens!!!!! :) I know where you found them!!!!! Very cool image Marsha!!! I'am really smiling and you know why!!! :)

4/24/2005 11:33:01 AM

 
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Thanks a bunch, Kerby and Stan.

And Laurence - they found me! ;))

4/24/2005 11:52:42 AM

 
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Very interesting, Marsha!!!

4/24/2005 12:18:00 PM

 
Noel Baebler
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I love this Marsha! The colors and repetetive images remind of art from India...

4/24/2005 12:25:10 PM

 
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Wos, amazing transformation!!!
Outstanding work, Marsha!!!

4/24/2005 12:45:38 PM

 
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Wow Marsha!!!!! This is so very cool!!! I love the bright, vibrant colors and the detail is awesome! Very unique and artistic!!!!!

4/24/2005 12:59:24 PM

 
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Thanks so much, Donna, Noel, Nobi and Julie (those over the top colors come from really tweaking the saturation) I am always amazed when doing one of these things - because you NEVER know what you are going to get.

4/24/2005 3:28:48 PM

 
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Wow Marsha, you're doing some very cool and creative stuff! This is great!!

4/24/2005 5:44:02 PM

 
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Excellent Digital Editing Marsha!!
I Like The Original Too:-)

4/24/2005 6:12:00 PM

 
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Wonderful image, Marsha! Great job on editing!

4/24/2005 6:31:35 PM

 
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Thanks a lot, Claudia, Terry (I like the original too and may post it as a contest photo some day. I don't know what all the colors are behind the little dandelion fluff.) and Debra.
Images like this are just a whole lot of fun - not sure there is much photographic merit to them.

4/24/2005 7:04:09 PM

 
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Marsha - this is O U T S T A N D I N G.
I can't even imagine how you thought to use that original image in this way.
Fantastic submit!!!
Love it.
:-) from 'downunder'

4/24/2005 11:54:42 PM

 
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Hey Donna, thanks a bunch. This is not what I had in mind when I started. I was going to make one of the round images, but you start with an image and mirror image it over a few times to get the long image and sometimes what you get is really amazing or funny. With the saturation really upped this is what that looked like. I liked it so kept it.

4/25/2005 2:44:07 AM

 
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Really cool image and wonderfully creative work on this, Marsha!!

4/25/2005 11:38:44 AM

 
Marsha S. Smith
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Thanks Judy - just having a little fun!

4/25/2005 11:58:19 AM

 
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This is really funny - makes me laugh.
Well done, Marsha!
Glad you took the time to tell how it is done.

4/25/2005 2:03:51 PM

 
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Wowow!!! This is truly exceptional, Marsha!! BEAUTIFULLY done!

4/25/2005 2:25:24 PM

 
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cool colors, great image!

4/25/2005 2:28:58 PM

 
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Thank you so much, Linnea(I can see the little aliens and they make me laugh too), Dan(this is sooooo much fun - kind of like those spin paintings we used to do at the state fairs - you never know what you got till it stopped spinning) and April - I really appreciate it.

4/25/2005 2:50:10 PM

 
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Marsha, This image is beyond creative, it's ingenious. Well done.

4/25/2005 4:06:26 PM

 
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OMG..oodness!!!! How fun is this! I just love this! You are so talented in PS related effects! GREAT image!

4/25/2005 4:25:49 PM

 
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Thanks, you guys! I promise thie is sooo easy after you have done 1. I can do one is just a few seconds now.
Photofiltre is a free download. Take any and I mean any image, but the more colorful the better. Crop it to a tall narrow shape. Use the mirror image function(side by side)over and over again until you get as many as you want. You never know what you are going to get until you finish. It is soooo fun!

4/25/2005 5:03:41 PM

 
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I love the colors in this, Marsha & your title fits the image well! Excellent work and thanks for sharing all of your info :-)!

4/25/2005 11:05:21 PM

 
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Thanks, Jane!

4/26/2005 2:43:47 AM

 
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Ah! You're at it again! :) The colors are fantastic, Marsha! I love the abstract quality!

4/26/2005 6:18:30 PM

 
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Thanks DiAnna, this was supposed to be one of the circles, but they were just so darned cute and looked like creatures to me that I stopped here.

4/26/2005 6:45:34 PM

 
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Wow - this is fantastic Marsha!

4/27/2005 5:49:37 AM

 
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This was sheer fun, Diane! Thanks.

4/27/2005 12:04:20 PM

 
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I love it. Mainly due to all that orange but hey, I am a bit freaky so they tell me...LOL...This is a wonderful creation and the colors certianly would cheer anyone up. Love the title also.

4/28/2005 5:31:31 PM

 
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Thanks Darren, they just looked like aliens to me. The fun part of this process is that you really don't know what you are going to get till you get it. When I look back at the originals and the results even I can't see how it works out the way it does.
BTW - I'm glad my 'little orange men' cheered you up. Hope you are having a good week!

4/28/2005 8:10:40 PM

 
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I don't know how I missed this bur this is so cool....Great work on this one, Marsha!

4/30/2005 7:54:21 PM

 
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Thanks, Linda. I was having a strange day the day I made this one. LOL ;)

4/30/2005 8:36:21 PM

 
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Very crative, I love them both!!

4/30/2005 10:35:20 PM

 
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Thanks so much, Donna

5/1/2005 5:42:09 AM

 
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Well, all I can say after all that is I think this one has winner all over it.
Creative. Cool. Vivid. Electrifying. Spectacular. Vivacious!

5/13/2005 6:25:16 PM

 
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This one was soooo much fun and turned out so weird that I loved it. Thank you so much for visiting!

5/14/2005 4:40:11 AM

 
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Amazing! Gorgeously cheerful aliens--the creative impulse to catch this from the other is fabulous!

5/19/2005 9:55:01 AM

 
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Congratulations on being the featured photo in the Digital Darkroom newsletter!! Well deserved!! A very cool image!!

5/19/2005 10:57:09 AM

 
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What a great image. Really does look like aliens. The color is spectacular, love it. Could you send me the info on getting that filter. Thanks

Della

5/19/2005 10:58:24 AM

 
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Congralation on being in Digital Darkroom newsletter Marsha!!!!! great image very cool how you created it !!!

5/19/2005 11:06:39 AM

 
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Thank you so much Kelly!

5/19/2005 1:03:03 PM

 
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Thank you very much, Mary, Donna and Della.
Della I will email you the info I have.

5/19/2005 1:04:26 PM

 
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Hey, Great stuff there, Marsha!!! I don't know how I ever missed this one the first time around. Congrats!!!

5/19/2005 5:00:31 PM

 
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Hey, Great stuff there, Marsha!!! I don't know how I ever missed this one the first time around. Congrats!!!

5/19/2005 5:00:31 PM

 
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Vey cool. The "aliens" look like they're about to put on a dancing show or something. And I love the bold colors (perhaps they are performing in Vegas? lol)

6/8/2005 7:27:31 AM

 
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Creative, colorful and outstanding.

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