I decided to have a Trippy Thursday today, so I took a bunch of old photographs and started torturing them in Photoshop. In this post for the old, and kinda forgotten @blacklux initiative, you'll see some colorful results of that Photoshopping session.
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The things being recklessly photoshopped are reptiles I photographed long ago. In 2009. To make this opening picture catchy, attractive & impactful, besides exaggerating with vivid colors, I also animated all four photographs that make the picture. The final result is a GIF with four different animations going on simultaneously. I think that's kinda trippy.
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Here you can see the beautiful juvenile Lacerta viridis from my trippy vision. In the following photograph ...
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... you can see how the juvenile Lacerta viridis looks in reality. If there is a reality out there, of course. Is still a beautiful lizard with some nice colors. If you see the previous version as a norm, this could be the trippy one.
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I did plenty of versions with this lizard.
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These four have a very tropical look. Judging from what I saw of tropical reptiles in various documentaries.
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Here you can see the same kind of lizard from a different angle. The trippy magenta-violet tinge was added in Photoshop, of course.
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Here you can see a lovely set of six more trippy variations. The model is always a juvenile European green lizard (Lacerta viridis).
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This is an adult European green lizard. It's up to you to decide if is Photoshopped or not. I won't tell you ... right now. I will count to three and then tell you. One ... two... and ... three! The right answer is no. No Photoshop here. An adult Lacerta viridis is pretty colorful in its natural state.
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But I had some fun in Photoshop nonetheless.
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The green lizard is colorful but colors can be changed or added and things can get significantly trippier. As you can see in this set of eight edited photographs.
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Here you can take another look at the photoshopped juvenile. With the following photograph ...
... is time to introduce a snake into the post. With its shades of green, It looks a bit like a snake version of the green lizard ...
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... but in reality, the Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) is a mostly brown snake.
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Here you can see four trippier versions of the same reptile.
Here I added a simple animation to spice things up and, if possible, to hypnotize the beholder.
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Another set of four trippy versions of the same legless animal. That's what you looking at here.
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This slightly magentizied version isn't too far from reality. Magentizied means made to be magenta or more magenta than before. I mean, that's what I'd like to say with that word.
Here the snake got green again.
This simple edit was made by playing the "Invert" thing. Image - Adjustments - Invert. That's all. A quick, one-click intervention that made the snake look more mysterious and therefore, kinda trippier.
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This is the Podarcis muralis. I mean a typified version of that lizard. One of the many colorful versions that I prepared for this post.
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Here you can see six more.
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The versions are many but the lizard is always the same.
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This very common lizard, commonly known as the common wall lizard, was a joy to photoshop.
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In this set of six normal shots, you can see the real common wall lizard. It has an effective camouflage on the lichen-covered branches. That combination of color & textures provided by the lichens and the lizard's skin is kinda trippy in a natural way.
This GIF animation is here to spice up the still images with a bit of pulsating movement.
I don't know what to say here. Just another trippy edit. That's all.
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Podarcis muralis is the last reptilian for this Trippy Thursday. I have only two more pictures to show ...
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... and little or nothing else to say ...
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... so the trip ends here - THE END.
AS ALWAYS IN THESE POSTS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE EDITS, THE GIFs, ALL THAT VISUAL STUFF - IS MY WORK.
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I thought you took a trip to Davos and took photos of all the world leaders at first glance.
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You caught them without their human suits on.
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I'm not a fan of reptiles because I'm scared of them! 🤭 But these pictures are stunning. Your lens captured their lovely colours from different angles. And the gif animation, very creative. This is beautiful work. Have a happy Thursday, @borjan. 😊😊
Saludos mi amigo @borjan decidió tener usted un jueves psicodélico, el Podarcis muralis fue la que mas me gusta de las fotos, excelente contenido.
I like the colour changing one at the start, give a cameleon vibe. The different colours also make you see different details in these reptiles. Just shows how little we actually see with the naked eye, other colours make us see things in a different perspective.
Wow! Such amazing photos!! They look awesome.
These gif that you have made look so much more beautiful on the pictures. We also went to the zoo a few days ago. There were very big seals. They kept live chicks for them to eat. It was a pity to see them, but food is also necessary for them. You can capture all the pictures very wonderfully and clearly. You have done a very great editing of these pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Very valuable photos, very close and very clear. I fear both lizards and snakes