Orb Directions

The following directions for making the orbs that I've shown in the last few blog entries come via Lori Skoog (who has a great blog at skoogfarm.blogspot.com ), using Photoshop Elements.

You might want to put photos that you will be using for the orbs on your desk top first (otherwise, you can find them in your photo library.)

Open Photoshop Elements.

Go to Browse to find and select photos.

Choose a photo and crop it into a square.

Go to Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates, and select Polar to Rectangle...click ok

Go to Image, Image Rotation, Flip Canvas Vertical

Go back to Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates and select Rectangle to Polar....click ok

Go to Save as and put down title and orb so you can keep things straight in an orb file.  (You might want to save to desktop first and file later.)

When you click off the original picture, don't save the changes.  That way you won't lose it.

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Newbery Orb

Last orb for a while:

The Newbery Medal

twisted and twirled

into

a

golden 

orb

(Click to enlarge)

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And more orbs . . .

What does your eye see

how will I know

unless you show me

or tell me

?

For you, today,

more orbs

with a note beneath each

giving its origin:

Snow, mountains, sky

Tomatoes

Single flower

Watercolor of flower bouquet

Charm bracelet on wood table

Have a favorite?

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More Orbs

Something so simple

transforms

into 

something so elegant

if you swirl it about

in your mind

and offer it up

as a gift

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Orbs

The top photo of blooming Amaryllis

morphs into an orb

(playing with Photoshop, which I blame on Lori Skoog)

and

the sunset morphs into an orb

and leashes, too.

Now I'm really going to get to work.

Really.

You?  

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