Spacetime Wonders - Themed Thread

Space-time mesh. Fractal art inspired by the Doctor Who.

Fantastic Martin! Artwork with space-time in the title was the perfect way to start.

I'm not sure if the one who hosts the discussion can participate in the theme, but I've got this one: Centaurus A, the most spectacular (I think) example of galaxy cannibalism with one galaxy eating the other. The dust lane is something beautiful. It looks like our galaxy too will eventually become something similar, after the collision with Andromeda.

thank you Shana

This is an ASPHALT NEBULA; a slowly running oil stain on wet pavement.

Science tells us 10 dimensions exist, this is the eleventh dimension.

thank you Samuel. So far I'm trying to be a good moderator and am engaging in a bit of promotion too.
Then if the discussion has a good response I'll promote a selection of pieces.

Nicla,

Here's mine"Strange Light at St.Augustine"



Rich

This is my digitally created fantasy image of the birth of a star.

thanks!

Fun idea. I entitled this "Planetary Music," because it reminded me of a colorful trip into space, and it was taken at a music venue.

great Patricia! By the way, I've just read the themed thread guidelines, and we're supposed to add a description of the image. Edited the thread to reflect that.

Of course, the host can participate:)

Astronomy/space theme now:
Rising sun over the planet Earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Made from 60 recycled plastics.

thank you! It's a great thread so far

Maybe one of these days when the time is right I will catch a ride on a cosmic bus and go to another planet as beautiful as the one we live on.

Interesting that this thread is here right after I made my first piece depicting space.. coincidence? Not likely...lol

Hi, Nicla -- I love the theme of this thread, and all the wonderfully mind-expanding submissions!

Here's my favorite cosmic-inspired image. I spent days working on it, walking away from it, then working on it some more. When I finally got it 'right', all else in my universe felt right, too . . . for that moment, at least. ;-)

Three images by mom, Avonelle Kelsey (1831-2009). The first 2 are watercolors from so far back in the space time continuum (45+ years) where she used her married name in the signature. They were obviously inspired by her oldest son's love of all things astronomy. The other is pure 'modern' Avonelle, a large acrylic, from 2001, filled with aliens watching earth, based on characters from her own science fiction manuscript. My how art evolves.

My Series Travel In Time To 1969 A Series Of 9 Edgy Fractal Designs

Half a million bits of space junk zip around earth at 25,000 km/h.NASA keeps track of space junk, �orbital debris� in fancy-talk, which is basically the litter that floats around the earth. The first ever bit of junk sent up there was Sputnik, other junk includes more inactive satellites, discarded fuel tanks from shuttle launches, and even a lost glove from a 1965 spacewalk. (NASA should have looked into �mitten-string technology�) It�s been adding up for half a century. They are tracking more than 19,000 objects larger than 10 cm, big enough to be seen on radar. They estimate another 500,000 smaller pieces, and another tens of millions of specs smaller than 1 cm, like chips of paint.

Just a couple of abstracts:

Another time traveler of sorts.

Another one inspired by the Doctor Who - Time Vortex -

thank you all. Wow, what a great collection of pieces so far. It is very interesting to see how originally everyone interprets the theme.

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3D Stereo Crossview - Gently converge (cross) your eyes and focus on the middle image that appears while ignoring the outside. If successful at viewing this format you will find it gets easier each time and eventually becomes 2nd nature. This is similar to those "Magic Eye" images you may have seen before. Not everyone is successful but if you are, the advantage is you don't need eye-wear to perceive depth and you have the benefit of full colors and no ghosting...

thank you all, this is a breathtaking collection so far! Pity that it'll close in a couple of days... Hurry :)

3D Stereo Crossview - Gently converge (cross) your eyes and focus on the middle image that appears while ignoring the outside. If successful at viewing this format you will find it gets easier each time and eventually becomes 2nd nature. This is similar to those "Magic Eye" images you may have seen before. Not everyone is successful but if you are, the advantage is you don't need eye-wear to perceive depth and you have the benefit of full colors and no ghosting...

Hmmmm... I guess no one has any more. I still have some left, so I hope you don't mind if they're more 3D Stereo Crossviews...

The Liberty Bell 7 was my first sale on 09/27/2011...

My only ones that come close to space stuff! Ones naked of course, I hope thats cool.

something new

When I uploaded this series today, the optical illusion of these holes looked like planets to me.....

Playing with Plasma.....

Walking on The Moon.....

Brian, love those cross eye 3D images. How do you do that? You're right, it gets easier after a few tries and it hurt a little in the beginning, but then all of a sudden I was looking at 3 images with the center one in 3D, crystal clear too!

Flying over a magnetic storm on The Sun.....

Catch a falling star....

This is a digital rendition of my interpretation - The fabric of space flowing and bending-the essence of the universe.
In relativity, a property of space near massive bodies in which their gravitational field causes light to travel along curved paths.

@John Wills - Thank you John for responding to my 3D crossview images!!! Most people don't, and I never know if they were successful or not. I have to assume that if they don't respond, they weren't successful, or just didn't try. I know it sounds intimidating to try but I know people in their nineties that are into it. We all knew how to cross our eyes in grade school didn't we? It's not as difficult as people may think. If you look at something close to your face, you automatically converge your eyes.

If you felt discomfort in the beginning, it was probably because of trying too hard. I'm so used to it now that I forget sometimes and do it when looking at a normal 2D image.

The 3D Stereo Crosssview format is created by taking a picture of the same subject from slightly two different horizontal perspectives. Imagine the Left and Right eye seeing the same thing separately. You can test it by looking at something and either close or cover one eye at a time and you will notice the difference in the angle of view.

After I take the pictures, I use freeware to align them. It can be done manually but that's more difficult. To view the finished image, the entire "side-by-side" image must be within view. If the subject is close to the lens, very little difference between the left and right shots is needed. For subjects further away, greater "stereo base" (horizontal distance between shots) is required for achieving the proper depth effect.

There are stereo rules we use as guides to help us achieve good images but it would take too much to explain it here. The best thing I did was to join some 3D stereo groups on Yahoo. There are many types of 3D stereo such as Anaglyph, Crossview, Parallel, and others. 3D Stereo has been around almost as long as Photography. There are also several methods of converting 2D into 3D although that takes more patience, skill, and time.

The most common 3D format is the "Anaglyph". Most people have seen the Red/Cyan filtered 3D glasses required for viewing. With that format, you don't need to cross your eyes however, each 3D format has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. (I have some anaglyph examples hidden in the "Big Skip" of this thread). I still have an informational thread here on FAA that gives a list of some online companies where 3D stereo glasses may be obtained... http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=1766455


Here's another example of a "crossview" (also known as X-View) in the cosmic theme of this discussion...

Brian, thanks for the description. I can now view the images from 2d to 3D by simply blinking it on and off. I copied one of my own images, but wasn't getting the 3d effect, but I was still seeing the third image. I'll have to go back and slightly change the perspective and see what that does. I have a pyramid drawing that may look really cool with this effect. those are all cool images you posted. Thanks for sharing them.

John, unless you do a 2D-3D conversion, simply putting the same image side by side will only provide a pseudo 3D and not real depth in the objects of the image.

Thanks for showing your interest in 3D!

Church dome and conical Victorian roofs with a Medieval rose window pretending to be a spaceship and a star!

My mind wandered over the water into the starry night sky to leave reality briefly only to be pulled back into the vastness of it.

This one reminded me of the rings of Saturn when I was done with it.

thank you all!This was a great thread. Pity that it's time to close it (with some delay on the deadline). Congratulations on your work