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KALEIDOSCOPIC / REFLECTED IMAGE IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Taken by Tiago Alexandre Silva De Sá ​

Inspiration

This image was inspired by the following photograph:

This image is of an artists called Marco Andras who explored Kaleidoscope photography.

In my image I attempted to create a similar look and feel to Marco’s image. In similarity, both our pictures are taken outside, use natural day lighting, are in black and white, have harsh shadows and dark tones and is uses both vertical and horizontal edits to create a Kaleidoscope image.

This image was also inspired and selected by my project about Alber Renger Patzsch

Tutorial:

Step 1: Open photoshop and select the image you want to use.

Step 2: Select > All, then CTRL + C

Step 3: Go to Image > Canvas size. A window like this one should pop up:

Then, multiply the width by 2 and input what you got in the width section. After that, anchor the image to whatever side you want it to go then press “Ok”. P.S. You can change the image location through the Move tool.

Step 4: CTRL + V then move the image to wherever suits best.

Step 5: Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.

Step 6: Click on the main layer, left click and flatten the image.

Step 7: Select > All, CTRL + C Follow Step 3 but do it for the Height instead.

Step 8: Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical, then CTRL + V.

Step 9: repeat Step 4 then used the duplicate and fix tool to connect the images together to create a feeling that they both go into each other.

Step 10: Go to file > save as, and save your image.

REPETITION, PATTERN, RHYTHM REFLECTION AND SYMMETRY – KALEIDOSCOPE

Process

I imported an image I thought would look interesting in a reflected manner into photoshop. I chose an image of a church window with two rising parallel pillars either side of it.

I then used “ctrl + T” to enable free transform. I then rotated my image by 60 degrees by changing the angle in the top hotbar.

I then moved my image to the edge of the canvas to isolate an isosceles triangle. Once happy with the triangle I made it a seperate layer.

I then enlarged the canvas by 400%.

I then flipped the isosceles triangle on a vertical axis and lined it up with the original one to make an equilateral triangle.

I then flattened the layers and rotated the equilateral triangle around the same anchor point by 60 degrees. I then repeated this step to make a hexagon. I then filled in the rest of the image with the hexagons.

kaleidoscopic / reflected image in Adobe Photoshop

Original Images

I took these images for the nature and patterns photo shoot.

Edited Images

I edited these in Adobe Photoshop 2018.

How i did it.

  1. First, i opened it original file.
  2. Select > All
  3. Edit > Copy
  4. Image > Canvas Size
  5. If i wanted to flip i on the left, i would anchor it on the right and double the inches on the width.
  6. Edit > Paste
  7. Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal
  8. Drag the image to the right
  9. Flatten Image
  10. Repeat steps 2 – 4
  11. You would anchor it on the bottom and double the inches on the height, if you wanted to put the flipped image on top.
  12. Edit > Paste
  13. Edit Transform > Flip Vertical
  14. Repeat steps 8 – 9

I like how i turned out because they look unique and it creates a cool pattern, which is why its resembling a Kaleidoscope.

It looks best why the subject is touching two sides of the original image. So when you flip it, it will all be connected.