Crescent Moon

[Nancy Bell]

I created a "hole" in the image using Pixel Bender hole. Then created a moon in that space. Used fractalius on the entire image. The base image is an in-camera blur.

[Diane Miller]

Very intriguing. It could pass for a knothole in worn wood.

[Judy Howle]

That's a very interesting effect. I never would have guessed it was a moon! I really like the fract effect on the vertical lines of the blur. You've come up with a good technique!

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks Diane & Judy. I liked experimenting with this image and came up with several versions. Will tell all later!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Nancy, this is a really nice organic looking image. Like Diane says, it reminds me of a knothole. Was it a blur of trees?

[Mitch Carucci]

The kind of image you have to keep looking at.

[Maureen Allen]

Fun effect, Nancy. It does look like a tree. I like your moon :S3:

[Nancy Bell]

This is a fun theme, thanks all for commenting. Cheryl, you win! The base image is a blur of burned tree trunks with a bit of grass at the base.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very creative Nancy. I was thinking trees, but not trunk:S3:!

[Hazel Grant]

Yes, I was guessing some tall grass that you manipulated. Light balances (more light on left than right) matches the moon reflection. Good.

[Len Modderman]

Love it. It made me think of the style of painting of Edvard Munch who painted "the Scream".

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you Len, that is the exact feeling I had when I viewed these burned trees. Our forest fires have been devastating and these black trunks are a silent scream to the effects of raging fire.