Shadow Of A Doubt
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by efren: It is definately interesting! Captivating and somehow troublesome. would like to know how it was done. 10

Here are the basic steps. The figures in parentheses after the Curves are (Input=Output) values for the control points on the Curves graph.

-Printed out some question marks of various sizes and gray tones on clear film. Hung it up with some pants hangers, and used a standard swing-arm desk lamp to shine through it onto a whiteboard.

-Handheld, macro mode.
-Tungsten white balance
-Cropped, slight rotation
-Retouched a couple of small reflections near the top
-RGB Curve to improve contrast (29=12) (67=78)
-Individual Red, Green and Blue Curves to achieve the colorization
--Red: (0=100) (25=5) (56=62) (74=100)
--Green: (8=0) (69=72)
--Blue: (0=100) (6=76) (74=98) (96=10)
-Resized for DPC
-USM at 88%/16 dia/TH = 0
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 7/10 = 125kb

Resized original:

Thanks everyone, for a great batch of comments!

Winter Shadow
by philup

Comment:
Stark colors work well here.

intermittent
by redmoon

Comment:
Nice combination of vertical and diagonal lines.

Nature Morte
by LevT

Comment:
It's a clever wake where the deceased can also provide the refreshments : )

Shadow Ball
by liltritter

Comment:
Nice timing!

The Monolith
by Cutter

Comment:
I like the repeating shapes/lines and vibrant color.

tag.... you're it!
by margiemu

Comment:
Also looks like a relay race : )

Up and Away
by dw_photo

Comment:
That looks like fun!

lunar eclipse by streetlight
by theonemule

Comment:
Nice -- I'll have to try that.

Duality
by LucidLotus

Comment:
I really like it when people find interesting shapes in mundane objects or trash -- well-done!