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18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
ORIGIN

I wanted to make something beautiful with the imagination of the universe, so I used the flash of the camera to shoot the bottom of the pinecone. After that, change the tone curve and cut only the shaded part. In order to take advantage of the atmosphere created by the texture of Japanese paper, we set the background of Japanese paper taken with a camera. Copy and paste many times while changing the size and angle of the shadow part. The shadow of the swirling pinecone was made to look more swirling.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX700 HS
Copyright: © NAOYA KOBAYASHI