"Someone say Velcro?"
by bandit

Comment:
That's so cool. The cat could almost pass for a painting. Maybe he's licking himself out of it?

Dual Complexity
by Rikki

Comment:
Wonderful abstract/refraction.

ETA: Bumping up

Whiskey Glass
by MartinKemp

Comment:
Wonderful pattern. Might have worked better as a square crop tho.

Mr. or Ms.
by danthesquidkid

Comment:
I'm not seeing the refraction. :(

Flow of Radiance
by Kivet

Comment:
Wonderful image. Too bad this is basic editing otherwise you could brighten or clone that dark area in the upper left corner.

Red Refraction
by al8787

Comment:
This is probably too dark and grainy to do well. This could have been better if perhaps you either brighten the glass or darkened it so that it doesn't show at all.

To brighten the glass I'd suggest using a flashlight and a longer shutter speed so that you can "paint" in some highlights with the flashlight.

To darken it I'd use selective color in PS to bring everything but the brightest reds to black and then maybe a curves adjustment to tweak. Also, that bright spot in the red arc could easily be turned into red to blend in using selective color.

As for the grain any noise reduction filter should improve the refraction arc so that it's smoother and more appealing.

Hope this helps! :)

Hong Kong Silk via Brazilian Topaz (refractions of the shimmering and scintillating types)
by hahn23

Comment:
This makes a great refraction and texture image.

refraction watercolor
by pointandshoot

Comment:
Really nice and well executed. Love the colors with the white background. The glass is a little plain but that's just a minor nitpick. You know if you could get those seams of the glass to blend in more with the background you may have something even better not that this isn't good already. :)

Stream of Light
by wavelength

Comment:
This could have probably also worked well in textures. Nice.

Lantau Sun
by seed04

Comment:
Meets the challenge however the contrast is lacking. Also, I'm not liking the center focus. If you got more of the landscape in the shot that would have probably improved the composition.