Image Effects Using Channels

I used a hummingird photo from FreeStockPhotos.com for this exercise.
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Peeking through a dusty window

Peeking through rippled glass

 

Peeking through a hole in the window screen

Peeking through a hole in the drapes

Peeking through the window blinds

Peeking through the shadow of the window blinds

Black-and-white with a color adjustment gradient effect

My original Spring Hummingbird

 

I tried some more play with channels after that.  Armageddon in the Grand Canyon!

Original image (from FreeeStockPhotos.com)

Channel effects: noise; polar coordinates; spherize repeatedly; apply selection and fill with white; apply image with exclusion