Fiber Optik, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.

Expecting the Unexpected, the first in my series of articles on Becoming a More Creative Photographer, is now up on Photo.Net. Enjoy!

For the origins of the unexpected and colorful poppy pod above, check out Poppy Core. From the original color image, I used LAB color channels. These channels had inversions and equalizations applied to them. The technique is explained in detail in a case study in my new book coming out from Focal Press, The Photoshop Darkroom: Creative Digital Post-Processing.