Pacific Vortex
by charliebaker

Comment by mpeters:
Glad to see your explanation. Heck you're not Zoomdak's neighbor, your his housekeeper and money tree. j/k ;)

Pacific Vortex
by charliebaker

Comment by charliebaker:
Many asked how this photo was created. I set the exposure on 15 seconds, and walked backwards away from the camera while swinging my headlamp in a circle. The photo was taken at 1AM and the 15 second exposure (maximum on my digital camera)didn't allow for much light, so in bringing up the light contrast, the grain was the result. I tried neat imaging the thing but stayed with the grain in hopes of capturing more of the spinning sense within the midst of a vortex. Thanks for the comments.

Pacific Vortex
by charliebaker

Comment by sidpixel:
I like the idea and the effect but for me, I think the processing has been pushed too far. I do like the surreal effect of it - good luck

Pacific Vortex
by charliebaker

Comment by Abstract:
very nice idea. this would have worked in the previous "grain" challenge too.

Pacific Vortex
by charliebaker

Comment by Dancing620queen:
the blue effect is really interesting and i like the spinning vortex!

Shepherd's Dell
by charliebaker

Comment by angela_packard:
very pretty! where's that at?

Shepherd's Dell
by charliebaker

Comment by kotzie:
very serene...nicely done

Pacific Vortex
by charliebaker

Comment by xuan768:
You're probably getting hammered on the grain, but it's original and very cool. 8 How'd you do it?

Shepherd's Dell
by charliebaker

Comment by raish:
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two now and I'm running late, sorry.

Another blurry water shot? No! It works! 6