Quads

Nothing But Net · 12-30-2005, 04:07 AM

I've stumbled across a new method, probably not original, but cool nevertheless. I call it Quad, and it makes for good wallpapers. Take most any picture, copy it, flip it, and reverse as needed, then do it again.

The results can be pretty cool when you tile them as your desktop wallpaper, for example:

Here is a picture I took in Paris at the Metro station, transformed using the method:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/metro.jpg">

And thus enhanced:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/MetroQuad.jpg">

Here is one taken in a field west of Houston:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/grass.jpg">

and its result:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/GrassQuad.jpg">

The Williams Tower in Houston:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/tower.jpg">

and my interpretation:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/TowerQuad.jpg">

And my fave, the spiral staircase at my hotel in Paris:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/Staircase.jpg">

results in the wallpaper I am currently using:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/StaircaseQuad.jpg">

Copy and paste the Grass one as a tiled wallparer and you will see the face in the swamp. Creepy.

Nothing But Net · 12-30-2005, 07:16 AM

Here are some cypress trees:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/cypress.jpg">

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/CypressQuad.jpg">

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2005, 09:03 AM

Very cool, NBN.

There was a woman on Wunderground that was doing that with macro pictures of insects and flowers. I think I like yours better.
The weeds looks like Mother Natures headband. Outstanding!

richlevy · 12-30-2005, 10:10 AM

Very nice art photography NBN. Seeing the thread title and some of your other photos I wasn't sure what to expect. I could think of a NSFW subject with the same title.

zippyt · 12-30-2005, 10:46 PM

Very cool, NBN!!!

Outstanding!

zippyt · 12-30-2005, 10:53 PM

as the saying goes , garbage in garbage out , quality in quality out !!!

I like these and WILL mess around with some of my own pics !!!!!!!!

barefoot serpent · 01-02-2006, 01:08 PM

very Escheresque! 'specially the stairs.

busterb · 01-03-2006, 10:22 AM

For a dumb-ass, what programs are easiest to use for this? Thanks anyone.

Billy · 01-04-2006, 09:15 PM

It is so beautiful. I need learn taking photos from you.

FloridaDragon · 01-04-2006, 10:17 PM

You can certainly get some strange results!

Nothing But Net · 01-05-2006, 02:06 AM

buster, I use Adobe Photoshop elements, but I'm sure there are many other options for something simple like this.

Here is a pic of Stonehenge I put on the Cellar before. I think the key to a good one is when the sky below looks like water.

wolf · 01-05-2006, 11:42 AM

I really like what happened to the sage grasses and twigs in your one of the field ... I have a thing for kaleidoscopes.

glatt · 01-05-2006, 01:03 PM

Here's my try.

Undertoad · 01-05-2006, 02:03 PM

o dear lord

barefoot serpent · 01-05-2006, 02:10 PM

^NSFW?

12-30-2005, 04:07 AM	#1
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Quads I've stumbled across a new method, probably not original, but cool nevertheless. I call it Quad, and it makes for good wallpapers. Take most any picture, copy it, flip it, and reverse as needed, then do it again. The results can be pretty cool when you tile them as your desktop wallpaper, for example: Here is a picture I took in Paris at the Metro station, transformed using the method: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/metro.jpg"> And thus enhanced: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/MetroQuad.jpg"> Here is one taken in a field west of Houston: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/grass.jpg"> and its result: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/GrassQuad.jpg"> The Williams Tower in Houston: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/tower.jpg"> and my interpretation: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/TowerQuad.jpg"> And my fave, the spiral staircase at my hotel in Paris: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/Staircase.jpg"> results in the wallpaper I am currently using: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/StaircaseQuad.jpg"> Copy and paste the Grass one as a tiled wallparer and you will see the face in the swamp. Creepy. Last edited by Nothing But Net; 12-30-2005 at 04:13 AM. Reason: Fixed image URLs

12-30-2005, 09:03 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Very cool, NBN. There was a woman on Wunderground that was doing that with macro pictures of insects and flowers. I think I like yours better. The weeds looks like Mother Natures headband. Outstanding! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2005, 10:10 AM	#4
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Very nice art photography NBN. Seeing the thread title and some of your other photos I wasn't sure what to expect. I could think of a NSFW subject with the same title. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-30-2005, 10:46 PM	#5
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Very cool, NBN!!! Outstanding! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-30-2005, 10:53 PM	#6
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	as the saying goes , garbage in garbage out , quality in quality out !!! I like these and WILL mess around with some of my own pics !!!!!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-30-2005, 07:16 AM	#2
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Here are some cypress trees: <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/cypress.jpg"> <img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/CypressQuad.jpg">

01-02-2006, 01:08 PM	#7
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	very Escheresque! 'specially the stairs.

01-03-2006, 10:22 AM	#8
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	For a dumb-ass, what programs are easiest to use for this? Thanks anyone. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

01-04-2006, 09:15 PM	#9
Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	It is so beautiful. I need learn taking photos from you.

01-04-2006, 10:17 PM	#10
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	You can certainly get some strange results! Attached Images

01-05-2006, 02:06 AM	#11
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	buster, I use Adobe Photoshop elements, but I'm sure there are many other options for something simple like this. Here is a pic of Stonehenge I put on the Cellar before. I think the key to a good one is when the sky below looks like water. Attached Images Last edited by Nothing But Net; 01-05-2006 at 02:15 AM. Reason: BTW, that's a Druid, not a Klansman

01-05-2006, 11:42 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I really like what happened to the sage grasses and twigs in your one of the field ... I have a thing for kaleidoscopes. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-05-2006, 01:03 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Here's my try. Attached Images

01-05-2006, 02:03 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	o dear lord Attached Images

01-05-2006, 02:10 PM	#15
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	^NSFW?

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