Theme: Vortex

[Adhika Lie]

I am intrigued with the whole rectangular -> polar conversion thing. This one turns out interesting.

Original image: Here

[Hazel Grant]

It is fun and fascinating to work isn't it.

[Anita Bower]

It seems difficult to predict the outcome based on the original image. In this one, I especially like the three dimensional and folded over look in the center area--creates lots of interest. I'm not as keen on the radiating lines around the circle. They do create a sun-like radiating sense, but they don't seem to mesh as well with the organic feel of the circle area.

[Adhika Lie]

I forgot to ask in the original post, how did you guys remove the radiating lines after converting rect -> polar?

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Adhika,

Greetings. Interesting middle section.

In Photoshop, I use elliptical marquee tool (under the rectangular marquee tool), click top left corner and drag to bottom right corner. This will select a circular area near tangent with the edges. Size by starting and stopping along the diagonal of the image with the tool. Once selected Layer via Copy by right clicking in the selected area, and choosing from menu.

Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Dennis Bishop]

I was going to ask how you created the radial lines, but it sounds like that's inherent in the process. I very much like the circular part of the image and the original image from which you created it. The darker bottom of both the circle and the lines (related, I'm guessing) nicely grounds the image.

[Adhika Lie]

Michael & Dennis, Thanks! I am gonna give that a try.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Adhika, thanks for linking the original - sometimes it is impossible to guess the starting point. I especially like the way the image seems to fold in over itself in the center. This has a very organic feel to it which I like a lot. Thanks, Michael, for a great tip!