Thursday, July 2, 2009

Zoo Fun

OK, so my worst nightmare has come true. Now I'm on a constant lookout for kaleidophoto worthy shots.

We took my daughter to the zoo last weekend and there were so many fun angles, textures and animals to photograph. I've *just* started turning some of them into kaleidophotos, and I'm happy to post the few I've got done.

I started with this grand gentleman:
peacock orig r

And the first attempt looked something like this:
peacock r

And I was kind of "eh". It was OK. Not spectacular or anything. So I tried again (and here is where I confess to being so bad at math/geometry/figuring out angles that I printed the pieces and arranged them by hand before attempting them in PhotoShop).
peacock diamond r

Much better. Now it kind of looks like one of those Maori shields, no?

Then I moved on to the giraffes.
Giraffe original r

The picture was cute by itself, but that baby captured my heart.
Baby giraffe r

Then I spotted this cool thing in the tiger enclosure. I'm sure it's some kind of training tool, but I liked its juxtaposition of a natural element (bone) and a man-made one (tire).
neat tire orig r

Again, the original picture was pretty cool by itself, but it gets transformed under a kaleidophoto:
Neat tire r

Enjoy! To see the large versions of these, check out the photobucket album.