How many faces can you see?

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited January 30, 2007 in Holy Macro
A pic of ice formation on my car windscreen- been got at in PS a bit to give it some colour but I keep on finding faces in it :)

Brian V.

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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    Beautiful .At 1st it looked like Google earth
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  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Hummmm I want what you're drinking....friday.gif .

    Just kidding...sorry I don't see any faces.:cry
  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    It's a test?:D
    Anyway, it's great.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Think It must be a childhood thing- always used to see faces in apparently random patterns when I was little and still do apparently- I can see at least 4 faces in this. :)
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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    No, it's not. But if it is, please count me in cause I can see at least one. :D
    Right side at the middle, right above the brown spot. Did I pass it?
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  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    I came back to see some of the responses. Ok I will admit that I do see some faces...not in this pic...but in some of my paintings at home. Not sure if it's the certain artist that I choosed to adorn my house...but I do see faces in the trees, and around the flowers that he paints. Ok so I thought i was the only weird one that imagines this kinda stuff...glad I'm in good companyrolleyes1.gif
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    A pic of ice formation on my car windscreen- been got at in PS a bit to give it some colour but I keep on finding faces in it :)

    Brian V.



    Looks like a sculpture .... the ice looks pretty thick too,
    how do you folks who get snowed in de-ice and de-snow your cars so you can drive headscratch.gif very artistic Ice Shot Brian clap.gif .... Skippy
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  • PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    how do you folks who get snowed in de-ice and de-snow your cars so you
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    Ice scrapers and window de-frosters. :)


    LordV,
    I hope you don't mind, but I traced one of the faces I saw...I'll remove it if you like.
    iceface.jpg

    Also, I thought of you today. I was out getting ready to ride (my horse) when it started snowing. It was the nice big flakes that actually LOOK like snowflakes and I got to wondering if you'd ever taken snowflake macros?

    Cool shot, as usual LordV!
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    Thanks for the comments :)

    I didn't mean the pic as a test- more of a catchy title :). I think we all have an ability to find faces in patterns as faces are such an important image for us all.

    Skippy- it's not thick at all- taken at high magnification- the ice plates are only about 1mm wide.
    The most obvious face for me is in the pinkish plate on the LHS of the pic. There is also another one just below it doing an impression of "the scream" by Munch.

    Phyxius- that is the position of another face- but I made the eye lower down where there is a black and white circle.

    Much to my annoyance we rarely get snow here on the South Coast and when we do get it it's normally the slushy type- the crystals are already melted, so even though I've been seen running round the garden catching snowflakes on a packet of frozen peas, no luck so far :)

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited January 29, 2007
    It looks like a comic panel. Batman if I'm not mistaken thumb.gif
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    ian408 wrote:
    It looks like a comic panel. Batman if I'm not mistaken thumb.gif
    Yes it has several "batman" like images in it- plus the posterisation effect gives it a comic- book look :)
    I was just trying to find a way of effectively increasing the visual contrast as ice photographs at this scale tend to look very flat.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited January 29, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Yes it has several "batman" like images in it- plus the posterisation effect gives it a comic- book look :)
    I was just trying to find a way of effectively increasing the visual contrast as ice photographs at this scale tend to look very flat.
    Brian V.
    I think it worked.

    I always like seeing stuff that leaves room for thought...
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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    Brian, I'm the same way. I find faces in the patterns on marble and tile and other random things. I see faces in your ice too. Cool picture. :):
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    JenW wrote:
    Brian, I'm the same way. I find faces in the patterns on marble and tile and other random things. I see faces in your ice too. Cool picture. :):
    Thanks Jen :)
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  • DernoDerno Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited January 29, 2007
    this shot is pretty sweet, i see about 4 or 5 faces in it!
    as well as many other body parts, (hands and feet)
    im also perverted and see something else (middle bottom) ahah oh jeez
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2007
    Derno wrote:
    this shot is pretty sweet, i see about 4 or 5 faces in it!
    as well as many other body parts, (hands and feet)
    im also perverted and see something else (middle bottom) ahah oh jeez

    Thanks but may be you should see a psychiatrist rolleyes1.gif
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