Yep, I’m still on my kaleidoscope kick. Based on another photo from our trip to Alaska in 2009, this one was an image of barnacles and mussels growing on/clinging to a rock face that was submerged twice a day when the tide came in, then exposed as the tide receded again. By my estimate, that tidal difference was somewhere between 10 and 16 feet in normal weather.
I started with this:
Once I fiddled with it, I got this:
And, of course, this more traditional version:
Lots of odd shapes and critters in these. Like fat, pin-headed clowns wearing top hats and puffy-sleeved shirts; goddesses with elaborate golden headdresses; black-and-white-faced alien frogs; little bitty dragon heads… Have fun looking for all the hidden bits and pieces in this one!