Psychadelic Flowers by salza

Psychadelic Flowers

Cross polarising effect is where you use a pair of polarising filters - one on the camera and one on the light source (behind the subject) to show stress in plastic which appears as wonderful multicoloured pattern.

You need a polarising filter either attached to or positioned in front of your camera lens. Most LCD screens, like computer monitors, produce polarised light.
You can either change your screen saver to a neutral colour or create a mid grey image and display it (I used Photoshop and just filled the screen). Then take anything that’s made of clear plastic such as plastic cutlery, plastic glasses, cassette and cd cases or geometry sets and hold it in front of the computer screen. View through the camera viewfinder or liveview and rotate the polarising filter until you see the background go jet black. Take your picture
Fantastic!
January 1st, 2017  
Love these polarized images
January 1st, 2017  
Well done...very clever image
January 1st, 2017  
Very cool.
January 1st, 2017  
Fantastic creativity! Fav!
January 1st, 2017  
So creative!
January 1st, 2017  
That's fab, how did you do it?
January 1st, 2017  
Very creative Sally!
January 1st, 2017  
Fab how is this done
January 1st, 2017  
That's a great effect!
January 1st, 2017  
Great shot!
January 1st, 2017  
wow that is stunning
January 1st, 2017  
@dawnee @365anne I have added the 'how to' explaination in my description below the picture.
January 1st, 2017  
@salza Thank you Sally
January 1st, 2017  
Very interesting to read and know about - how many of us knew that!
January 1st, 2017  
@maggiemae they say you learn something new everyday!
January 1st, 2017  
Very creative, lovely image
January 1st, 2017  
Well done
January 1st, 2017  
Wonderful Fav
January 1st, 2017  
Sam
This is SO pretty! FAV
January 2nd, 2017  
Sally I just plain forgot to check out to see who was my partner, Like myself I am sure you have done about every kind of challenge, So I will give you the kind that is hardest for me. Take a picture that represents the word "new".
January 2nd, 2017  
Got to fav this one. I saw this type of image in a magazine ages ago, but haven't tried it yet.
January 2nd, 2017  
@joansmor cool, fits in with the new weekly theme as well.
January 2nd, 2017  
Cool shot!
January 2nd, 2017  
That's cool -- like your Nikon is on acid. Very nice.
January 2nd, 2017  
Science meets art - its super,and I like your explanation. What a fascinating world. Fav!
January 2nd, 2017  
@scotthouston yes it's only the Nikon that's on acid 😉
January 2nd, 2017  
@teiko it was a lot easier to do than I expected after having read through a number of different websites
January 2nd, 2017  
@salza You certainly mastered it perfectly. Light is the most interesting phenomenon isn't it?
January 2nd, 2017  
Eye catching shot!
January 2nd, 2017  
how cool! Great effect.
January 2nd, 2017  
neat!
January 2nd, 2017  
Wow. What a great effect. Thank you so much for the advice on how to do it. Fav
January 2nd, 2017  
Great effect and thanks for the explanation Fav
January 2nd, 2017  
Very cool effect!
January 3rd, 2017  
This is very cool looking! Might have to keep this idea on the back burner for the next time our photo club does table top photography.
January 3rd, 2017  
Very clever!
January 4th, 2017  
Wow, that is so cool. I don't have the type of camera that can take filters, but I may squirrel this away in my brain for later.
February 12th, 2017  
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