The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by JeniY:
coool! makes you take a second look - nice!

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by hyperfocal:
Very interesting idea. It has a very astrophotography vibe to it. I'd probably give it between a 6 and 8 depending on challenge topic.

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by ursula:
This is cool! It looks downright spooky.

As for score, it would depend a bit on the challenge assignment, but I think a 6.

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by nfessel:
I've seen so many eye shots that this is just more of the same. I'd score it a 4

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
very cool job with the processing. nicely done.

Front Door
by butch81385

Comment by butch81385:
a cropped and edited version is now available at dpcprints:
//www.dpcprints.com/print.php?IMAGE_ID=409602

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by sherpet:
Love the processing, and this has the "WOW" factor as well.....

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by butch81385:
first I cropped in around the whole eyeball and blacked out everythinge besides the colored part (didnt worry about getting too close). Then I applied curves to make the eye darker, then I applied levels (very extreme S curve. the left side was all the way at the bottom until the first line). then I burned around the edges with a airbrush to get rid of any white. then I cloned out a highlight near the pupil on the top, then i smudged and blurred near the top due to a reflection of the rest of my room, then i dodged some dark spots and burned some more highlights, then I applied unsharp mask and made some minor adjustment to the levels curves to make sure no white was showing. then I added some more black around it because the resolution wasnt high enough to submit a full size picture. then I added the border, saved, resized slightly, and submitted :)

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by shutterfly:
I like it.. how did you do that??? I'd give it a 7 in a challenge.

The Eye of a Black Hole
by butch81385

Comment by Jutilda:
THAT IS TOTALLY COOL!!! Like a nebula or what your title says. KILLER! Isn't levels and curves the best???