
Cross-processing is the practice of developing film of one type in chemicals designed for another type of film. For example, developing slide (positive) film in C-41 (negative) solution, or the other way around. This gives photographs a funky look, often shifting colors and blowing out highlights.
While digital photography has no film processing, you can still apply different techniques and filters to digital images to match the look of cross-processed film. Since I've had some spare time on my hands, I went through a few of my photos, and applied cross-processing filters to them.
The original version of the above photo is here:

What I like about this one is that the blown-out highlights help bring the cherub forward. He "pops" out of the picture a little bit more. And the washing out of the colors gives it a slightly "older" feel.
This is from one of my older flower photographs:

Here's the original:

I think the cross-processing gives the photo a feeling that it was taken on an older, cheap camera. The vignetting (darkening of the corners) makes it feel like the lens wasn't very good. And the color shift (orange of the original to the nearly pink of the newer one) makes it look like a photo that's been sitting in the sun for a while.
This one is a little bit different from the others:

The colors and blown-out highlights on this one actually gives it a feel like The Matrix. It wasn't necessarily what I was intending to do with it, but I like how it came out. I apparently don't have the original of this one up on Flickr, but here's another version of the same statue:

And here's one last photo of New Orleans:

This one feels a little "hotter," a little more swampy. The stronger contrast and darker colors give it the feeling of the calm before the storm. Here's the original:

Nice enough, but nothing special.
Anyway, just wanted to share my work. I've got a group of more photos in this style on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinq2000/s
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