Butterfly Totem, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.
This started as a photo of a backlit butterfly on white. I then composited the butterfly with itself at a variety of magnifications, and used LAB inversions and equalizations. As I saw the motif of the wolf or coyote head in the middle of the butterfly emerge, I worked to enhance this aspect of the composition.
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