Fire Water

[Julie Kenward]

I had an old water surface image from 2008 that needed a little something because the lighting was rather drab so I ran it through Fractalius today. (I believe I used a tweaked version of Glow 100 preset.) The zigzag was created by the light zigging across the surface of the small lake and Fract really brought out the depth of the "zig".

Canon 40D, 70-200mm, f8 @ 1/500th, ISO 320.
Shot in JPEG back before I learned what RAW was! :D

[Julie Brown]

pretty cool, Jules. :cool: What was the light source of the original, sunlight?

[Julie Kenward]

Yup! The water was pretty choppy that day and I angled my camera to get the diagonal line that was cut up by the rocking motion of the water.

[denise ippolito]

Jules, I t looks like a lightening bolt. Very cool idea for the filter. I like the diagonal placement of the glow.

[James Boland]

You might consider looking at adjusting the layer fill and/or opacity just to see what will surface.

[Julie Kenward]

Thanks Denise. :)

James, I did and unfortunately it wasn't that good. The original image was very 'muddy' - that's why I tried Fract on it - to see if I could lose the part I didn't like. When I went to play with the opacity the 'muddiness' came right back again. :eek: So I'm going with the full-on fract version this time! Good suggestion, though.

[Dave Woeller]

Hi Jules,
I like just as it is. I find my eye traveling back and forth across the diagonal and discovering new subtleties with each pass. I agree on the lightning bolt thought and might call it a message from Thor. :D

[James Boland]

I do like the contrast between light and darkness. There is a certain inherent tension between the two. I like the full on Fract. for the photo.

[Kora Baker]

A very 'striking' image, Jules:D The choice of fract was perfect for this. Love the wonderful vitality of it all! K

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Lightening bolt is a good description. Very striking image Jules.