Superb capture and post work Andrea. God bless.

I also remember those kaleidoscopes, the were pure magic to me ... but how did you take a pic of them ??? I mean, I have got some idea - but I'm not too sure HOW ? do tell, won't you Andrea ? BTW we folded an Origami Crane just recently (followed video instruction - via google link) a bit tricky but worth the effort, you just can't have too many Cranes, you know ... BB

I just held Tizzie at the eyehole!

I too remember these as a child and it was all magic to me! Nice one Andrea, you have brought back fond memories.

cool idea

Great shot in the eyehole, Andrea :-)))

Clever pic, I had one tooooo!!!

Those are always so much fun to pass time - never the same image

Clever technique and excellent results. Thanks for the memories.

I remember having one of those when I was young, in some ways that was probably my first experience of colour and symmetry leading into abstraction.. drawing and painting when young in art class at school.... the one subject I liked and always hoped were double periods. I remember my art teacher well, she had a gift for being able to simplify the most complicated of things... the good teachers we always remember in adulthood. A great capture there. There is a feature in Corel Painter x3 for creating this effect in different ways as in the device... I will have to try that out.. never really used the feature.

G'laud, a trip back eons for me at the sight of this visual treat! Really awesome capture of the kaleidoscopic scene in this shot, A. And, do I detect a bit of digifiddling along with it?

They are great fun, aren't they? I've seen some really expensive ones at local gift emporiums, as well as cheap and cheerful ones at the dollar stores...all of them give the same pleasure!

Such a delight! Do you remember those glitter sticks from the 1990s? I've got a couple of them that go with a kaleidoscope. You put the wand in the viewing tube, and as the glitter drops, the images changes. Fabulous! I love your image ... such memories! :)

Nice work on this my friend.

Honey bought me one of these last year, same as you, I had not seen one since a boy, and childishly spent the next 20 minutes gazing through it in awe :) Mine was the type that didn't have coloured pieces in, it use the ambient light in the environment to create patters. Fun if you held it to the computer screen.

So cool Andrea - lovely postwork - along with most above - I enjoyed them as a child!

I love kaleidoscopes! Fantastic shot! :)

mes-me-ri-zing... I still have 1! ;-) very clever shot!! how did u do that?? fond memories here now about my father & me + friends folding frogs and other beasties long before we'd ever heard of or could spell origami. Brigitte is right, 1 can't have enough cranes!! :-) loads of longevity ;-)