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How to create a Droste Effect recursive photo

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The Droste effect is the name given to the effect when a picture appears within a picture of itself.

It is named after a brand of Dutch Cocoa powder, whose box featured an image of a woman holding a tray with a cup of cocoa and the same box with the same image on it.

The infinite recursion of the Droste effect is an unusual technique, but can produce some great images. In this article I'll look at how to create two different versions of the effect - the frame within a frame technique, and the spiral technique.

How to create a Droste Effect recursive photo

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Written by Discover Digital Photography

June 29th, 2014 at 8:27 pm