Rasta Rainbow

[CLKunst]

Well sort of. . . . An experiment if you will. I'll wait for feedback before I say anything else.

[dbutler]

Smoke and a gradient? I think it's very cool though I thought the titles was "pasta rainbow" and was confused as to where the pasta was

I think the dark spot on the lower left might be a little too heavy for the ethereal feel of the rest. Maybe cropping it in a little balances out the shadowy fingers on the left, with the longer shadows along the right.

It looks like there's a face on the right with a long mane of hair.

[swmdrayfan]

C.L., you've got a very interesting piece here. I see the face of a rodent in the bottom center. The dark area to the left appears to me as though it's some kind of shadow from something. Almost an abstraction---"in the eye of the viewer". I think I'll study this one some more. Very thought provoking. I can't wait to find out what this is.

John

[GB1]

CL . Interesting play on light and color. It's different, though I wish it had more contrast and maybe more color variation from top to bottom.

I did a quick crop and bumped up the contrast a bit... not sure that I made it better than the original, but it does have a slighly different feel (I think..)

GB

[srobb]

Very interesting, CL. I really love the ethrealness of the image. I have not decided on whether I like it cropped, or not. The dark area to the left actually adds to the feeling of it for me. I would bump the contrast up for the colors, though. Will be very interested to learn what this is and how you did it.

[readingr]

CL,

Very spiritual,

It looks as if the ghouls are reaching out for the spirit of a recently departed, so I guess I see the face/hands/arms... but I am sad :-)

I like it as is not cropping please.

Roger

[CLKunst]

I have a rastafari friend I hang out with who loves to burn frankincense. She had just put some on a charcoal burner when this shaft of sunlight burst through her basement window. The colored beams are from the sun filtering through a jar I had painted for her in rasta colors that she was keeping in the window. When I saw the effect I thought Hmmm....I've caught similar effects at concerts from lasers and fog I wonder if I can capture that here. I think I have. I had to boost the saturation and contrast significantly already and am afraid that anymore will create blown out spots. Thanks for the comments folks, I always appreciate the feedback.

[Herriot]

I was holding back on commenting until you explained the technique, very, very creative experimenting, I really like the result and the thought process behind it, well done!!

Herriot

[mdmc]

Good capture, I find myself looking at it a long time just to see what I can see.
Mark.