Orbs - in and around the Garden

Photoshop Elements, Paintshop or any image editing suite with filter tools: Whatever program you're using, start with a square-cropped image. Under Effects( or Filters), - select "Distortion," (or Distort) …. and then select "Polar Coordinates." 1) Convert Polar to Rectangle. 2) Flip the image right side up again. 3) Convert Rectangle to Polar. Bingo! You have an Orb.

Photoshop Elements, Paintshop or any image editing suite with filter tools: Whatever program you're using, start with a square-cropped image. Under Effects( or Filters), - select "Distortion," (or Distort) …. and then select "Polar Coordinates." 1) Convert Polar to Rectangle. 2) Flip the image right side up again. 3) Convert Rectangle to Polar. Bingo! You have an Orb.

The starting "square-crop" for the allum Orb.

here the flower spike of the succulent cacti served as the starting material

.. this was the cluster of succulent cacti flower spikes I started with, for the orb in the previous shot. These flowers are always so *alien*!

testing some different textures and patterns as orbs... here is fencing.

a gal floating on a pool float served as the image for this fun orb!

not as fun as I'd hoped... rather monotone..

fur and sand... a gosling. hmmmm