#40 Funky Photos - Pixlr

original

black and white

This Thing got me excited. I have worked with Photoshop for 8-10 years and spend way too much time experimenting. I wondered if the effects I have done with Photoshop could be done with the online editors. I found the tools in Pixlr very familiar to me and I easily found what I wanted. I began with a yellow hat flower picture I found on Flickr. (original by EssjayNZ)

kaleidoscope

My first funky isn't really funky, but is a version I have made before.  I made a duplicate layer. Then lowered the hue and saturation to make the  top layer black and white.  I then erased the flower parts on the black and white to expose the color in the layer underneath.
You see this effect on cards, posters, etc.  I made a set of four to put in my bathroom using four different yellow flowers.  I also added the name of the flower.

Second funky.  I used the kaleidoscope filter.  Adjusted the  sizing to a larger number. This photo is green and yellow but the effect is still very interesting.  I will have to try it with a photo having more colors.

Third funky.  I used the emboss filter on this one, then used the vignette to tighten the focus on the flower.

vignette

I had more problems getting the pictures to the blog and aligning them the way I wanted than I did creating the different images.