The photo in this effect's instructions is really creepy, so I'm impressed with how cool it actually looks. I like how it adds extra texture and dimension to a photo. The little monster thing with pearls has the effect applied to the pearls because I wanted to see how the effect worked on something that wasn't a focal point.
After my first attempt on the fire hydrant, I adjusted the angle of the Motion Blurs to see what happened. Using the Smart Filter was surprisingly easy.
The displacement map on the bus version of this was REALLY HARD! The lines were too small, even when I adjusted the settings to make them larger. So, I made the image I worked with smaller. In the end, my water ripples are still very small. The forest reflection is a picture I took off the internet.
With this effect I experimented with the size of the photo background thingy... I used a picture of many smaller flowers as the photo in the photo.
