Sunday, February 6, 2022

Underpass kaleidoscope effect

 

 This is the underpass photo I posted a few days ago, turned into a  kaleidoscope effect.

 Now some of you will know what a kaleidoscope is (not the fashion brand) A kaleidoscope was two or more reflecting mirror surfaces usually enclosed in a tube, often with coloured objects at the bottom on a translucent surface, by rotating the mirrors you got different patterns.  These were very popular in my younger days.

 The name was first used by a man called David Brewster around 1817. The name is claimed to originate from the Greek word Kalos meaning beauty (or something similar)  The original idea of many  reflecting surfaces goes back to the mid 1500's.  This image was done in Photoshop.




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