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Freelensing!
Started January 28, 2010 @ 6:04pm by Flo
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Flo
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| Freelensing! | January 28, 2010 @ 6:04pm | A new-to-me technique that I just found out about in a photo newsletter I get via email.
This is an image of a coffee cup sitting on my printer. This is NOT a Lensbaby image. I do NOT own a tilt-shift lens, either.
It was made with an ordinary Nikkor 50mm 1.4 lens with aperture set at f/2. Shutter speed was about 1/360, ISO about 1000 and the on-camera flash set for -2 EV. Hand held.
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Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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April
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| January 28, 2010 @ 7:39pm |
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A new-to-me technique |
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This is intriguing! I'm trying to figure it out, and not asking you to tell quite yet. 
Anything in-camera vs. post still grabs my attention...
April (PPY)
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"Seeing something you never saw before, that was always there but you were blind to it."—AG |
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Wes
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| January 28, 2010 @ 7:46pm | I have never heard of this, either, Flo. What I do know is that a cup of coffee shouldn't be sitting on your printer. Aren't you afraid of spilling it? Looks like the top half of the image is sharp and the bottom half is blurred. Very intriguing.
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Bug
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| January 28, 2010 @ 7:50pm | Well you've piqued my interest Flo.
Charlene
Dancing with my fears, flying my freak flag. |
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Flo
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| January 29, 2010 @ 8:38am | Thank you all for your kind comments. I still want to explore this technique a little more until I get better at it, before letting you in on the "secret," which isn't so secret at all. 
Wes, the cup was empty, lol! 
And the spoon is silver, not gold - there was a light above it, which made the yellow - WB setting was daylight - and I used the on-camera flash.
Darn it, it's too cold for me to venture out to try this outside - it was 13F - which is too cold for these old bones.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
http://photos.tonebytone.com |
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Last Edit: January 29, 2010 @ 8:41am by Flo | |
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| January 29, 2010 @ 11:33am | | I've read about freelensing, but haven't tried it yet. Nice job, Flo! |
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Bug
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| January 29, 2010 @ 11:59am | O.K. I read about and tried it. It's going to take some practice though, I don't think it's a piece of cake. I won't say anymore until Flo does the reveal!
Charlene
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Flo
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| January 29, 2010 @ 12:36pm | OK, everyone! Marty and Charlene found out what freelensing is! So can all the rest of you!
I'm waiting for warmer weather to go outside to try this technique. It is not easy, believe me. I figure that if I had another hand or two - which means lugging that darned tripod.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
http://photos.tonebytone.com |
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| January 29, 2010 @ 1:53pm | What about dust on your sensor?
PPY
Comments and criticism of all kinds are welcome and appreciated. |
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| January 29, 2010 @ 4:10pm | | Curt, I was thinking the same thing - not to mention wear and tear on the camera and lens mounts. Maybe I'll try it with my old film camera. |
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Flo
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| January 29, 2010 @ 4:44pm | Curt and Marty, I had the same thoughts. My Nikon D300 has "the shakes," tho. But I wouldn't try this when the wind is blowing - or in a dusty room, for that matter.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
http://photos.tonebytone.com |
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April
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| January 29, 2010 @ 4:59pm | I found a freelensing group on Flickr, which partially answers those questions (scroll down for "How do I do it?"):
"If you just want the tilt-shift effect, you can detach the lens, but hold it in place against the camera. Slightly move the lens left, right, up or down.
"You only need to move the lens a few millimetres (fractions of an inch), and doing it this way, there's not much risk of dust getting in to the sensor."
They also mention which cameras and setting will work.
Flo, thank you for posting the idea! I'm awfully tempted by the exploration, but do wish I had an older body... (Camera body, that is. )
April (PPY)
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Just the other day (a photoblog)
"Seeing something you never saw before, that was always there but you were blind to it."—AG |
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Flo
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| January 30, 2010 @ 9:59am | April, I'm glad you clarified that it's an older CAMERA body you wish for, lol!
Thanks for finding the Flicker group. I guess there's a group for all things, no matter how obscure they are!
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
http://photos.tonebytone.com |
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