There was this tree

I didn't like anything i did today... so i started playing...

see... there was this tree: http://365project.org/northy/365/2012-12-09

And i went back and took another picture of it this morning, but it was boring...

so i decided to see what happened when i gave it the "little planet" treatment.... and it was kind of cool, but i couldn't clean up the bit where the ends joined up... so i played some more, and inverted it... and then i cleaned up the background... and then i decided to see what happened if i converted to b&w... and so, yeah... this craptastic mess is what happened... altho, in some respects, i think the pre-bw version is a little less harsh on the eyes... and it has these pretty blue dots on it... it's here - if you can stand it!

http://365project.org/northy/just-because/2012-12-16

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments and favs for my scissors shot...

[Vee]

Very cool! So other worldly!

[Kerri]

Very cool

[Katie]

Really cool idea!

[Peter de Graaff]

Turned out great

[joey d.Muli]

totally trippy too-lol !!:)-----luvit !!

[KWind]

Great processing...I like it in b&w.

[Lyn]

You - as usual - just crack me up. . .sorry you don't feel well; get over that cold fast!

[PasadenaRose]

Oh this is so cool. I don't know how you guys do planet processing, but I do know how to admire the end result. :-)

And I LOVE 'craptastic'. That's one that I somehow have never heard before, and I will be adopting it at some point.

[Aleksandra]

Fun shot and processing! It turned out really cool!

[Kimberly Balychev]

Oh this is such an awesome pic! I love the planet processing you've used on it! I love your description as well =D Made me smile! Super job as always my dear!

[Caroline]

This is cool too.

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

Very well done - I do prefer the other one though.

[Sandra]

This is stunning, it's a FAV !

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

Oooh it's cooler than you think!! Nice job. I seriously need to try this planet thing! I need a shot of something other than what I have though... hmmm

[Sue]

Wonderful!

[Cathy Misze]

Very cool!

[Richard]

This one is good

[❀ Lynn]

I love this Northy! When I saw the title a song popped into my mind.....do you know the one about 'and on that tree, there was a branch.....and the green grass grew all around, all around and the green grass grew all around'.......fav

[Lisa Pouncy]

I'd love to try the little planet thing. No idea where to start though. I love what you've done with this. Much prefer the B&W version to the plain inverted image xx

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Way cool in B&W!

[Mike Gifford]

Northy, I started doing the same thing yesterday with my shots...ended up with just a rolling canvas since I didn't like my little planet versions. This one is really nice!

[Humphrey Hippo]

There's a corporate logo to be had in there somewhere. :)

[☠northy]

@psychographer do you have PSE? It's a piece of cake if you do... I will try to remember to post a link to the instructions later (don't have it on my iPhone)

[Lil]

Love the curved figure, but it seems to be blurred near the top of the tree. Love the creativity! FAV!

[ladyjane]

Wow! Excellent job with this.

[Michael Elliott]

whoa! super cool and freaky!

[Ruth Lueth]

Nice play with editing. Looks like a 'little planet shot'. I saw something like this before, but never with a single tree. Love it! Please tell me, when you post the the link to a tutorial. Thanks

[Morgan]

This is such a neat edit. I've seen quite a few examples, but this one is so unique! Love it.

[Caryn]

Very cool...I like both versions, maybe the blue a little bit more.

[jerry plume]

Cool!

[Juliette Packham]

very cool shot, like what you've done with this...I kind of quite like days where the pure photography goes wrong...playing can get some great results!!

[Myrna O'Hara]

The ones you think are the crappiest shot make the PP. go figure.
This is really neat. well done.

[☠northy]

@sailingmusic tx! But how on earth did it make the pp? Thank you for letting me know :)

[karen]

really nice

[Miss Mercy]

I love it! I looks like it should be one to use for the album cover challenge.

[Stacey]

It looks like it could be a logo for something. Pretty cool.

[Tanja Carda]

Awesome processing, great job on this!

[Bankmann]

Missed this one before. Briliant! ;-)