Hehe, the left as you look at it (the speckled one)

I have no plug-ins - its a clean install.

I'm still thinking some kind of blur was involved - I do remember a full-screen pop up window for adjustments (ie. a filter from the drop down toolbar which doesn't appear in the gallery option, eg - blur, render etc)

sigh

Here's a larger version to make the detail a bit more clear www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php