The Negative button on the Images menu of Paint Shop Pro converts a digital image into its negative. I've found that sometimes structures that I haven't noticed in a colour photo stand out on the negative. It's a great discovery tool.
Here are some examples.
(Click on the images for enlargements.)
1. Raindrops on Agave Victoria Regina
2. Eucalyptus leaves
3. Convolvulus
4. Bougainvillea
5. Hoary Tansy-Aster
6. Gossypium Thurberi (Desert Cotton)
7. Crocus
8. Miniature Yellow Rose
11 comments:
That is fascinating. What beautiful perspectives. Lovely colours - the opposites are just as lovely as the positives!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful study! There is so much food for thought, artistically, poetically and intellectually.
chiefbiscuit, endment - It was fun to do. I usually find something new in a negative. Sometimes the negative is a great image, even when the positive isn't!
Oui, comme vous , je regarde souvent ce que devient mes photos sur le négatif .
C'est un autre monde !
Quite beautiful. I've never really looked at negatives, so it is surprisingly interesting.
jean - Exactement - un autre monde!
RD - The discoveries never cease to surprise me. I've tried some other image manipulations, too - but the negative is always the one that seems more informative and more artistic.
this is so great, Pam! I, too, have always been fascinated by the negative image. I used to retouch negs for a living...printed as well.
your study is a beautiful thing...thank you.
Tara - I'm glad you enjoyed my post. Retouching negatives for a living? Did you work in a photographer's studio? Sounds interesting.
I love negatives too... especially black and whites. :-)
Yep! Anyone who has worked with negatives and darkroom printing sees this. Sometimes when printing studio portraits I would have to fix images that reveal more under the clothing than subject would want to share!
pam,
I was a freelance photographer for about 6 years, and worked in a lab. I've got photo chemicals in my blood...all the way back to my great-great-grandfather who invented photo gadgets, like revolving background scenes, and a kind of flash powder.
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