Was at the field museum walking through exhibits when I caught this shot. His mother was taking a picture as well, so I snapped this as the IR beam was lighting up his face. After the shot when I was approaching them for information, I was momentarily distracted. When I turned around they were gone.
From the Chicago Field Museum, Robust australopithecine hominid skull. Taken with a Lensbaby.
This image was created using one image, four times. When I was in high school this was one of our first digital photo assignments (back on photoshop 5.0) and I've always had a softspot for it. The original image is a dutch angle view of the Field Museum's ceiling. Then in photoshop (CS4!) I copied the original three times, flipping it around as needed. Then I bumped the blue up a little bit to give it this nice "heading to the center of the death star" look.
One other thing you may notice, the focus drops off towards the center and at the edges. That's because the original image was taken with the lensbaby.
As always I appreciate anyy comments or feedback you have.
Greg Inda
Took this at the Field Museum with my Lensbaby. Laying on the ground making this shot interesting is Shauna.