Starfish X-ray

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 9, 2011171 views5 comments

Not sure if this fits here so moderators, feel free to move if appropriate.

This image was created by taking an x-ray of a (dead) starfish, photographing the film on a lightbox, and then darkening the background in PSE9. Radiography is in many ways like photography, and I have enjoyed imaging non-conventional objects such as this. Hope you enjoy!

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5 comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 10, 2011 at 8:13 AM

Hi Tonia,

Totally fine with me to post this here! I love how this image shows the beautiful symmetry of the star-fish - could be easy to mistake this for an extreme close-up of a snowflake. And, I like the extreme contrast provided by your darkening of the background to a featureless black. When I look at the larger version I THINK the image could benefit from a little more sharpening, but hard to say this for sure without seeing the full-size original. If this image were mine I'd be tempted to level it out a little more and I think I'd go with a square crop...but those are minor details and the image is very appealing as posted.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on November 10, 2011 at 10:54 AM

Brad, thank you for your comments! I appreciate it!

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on November 11, 2011 at 9:11 PM

Very unusual Tonia and I think it works very well! I don't feel you could compose this offset and not make it look off.....so the presentation works for me also! Very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on November 12, 2011 at 12:27 AM

very nice, Tonia