LensBaby
September 26th, 2007
Si, of Etiquette fame, leant me his LensBaby a few weeks ago and I’ve been waiting for the right moment to give it a go. Last weekend down at loch lomond I happened upon an old tractor left to rust away which seemed a perfect candidate. It had been taken over by spiders and all sorts, the light was dropping fast but I had a go anyway.
I don’t know the science behind what makes this lens work, but it’s different to any other lens out there. Instead of rotating the lens to focus or zoom, you pull, twist, and shape the lens in any direction to create any number of different effects. They’re funny looking things, and produce even odder photos. See this flickr page for a whole array of lensbaby photos.
Here below is a gallery of my attempts.
Oh, and a few others from the same spot that aren’t lensbaby (except for the last one). A pretty place that Loch Lomond.
September 28th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Heya…
I really like the LensBaby photos…it’s interesting how you never quite know where the point of focus is going to be, or if there is going to be one at all. It seems kind of like a distortion pedal for a camera. The light almost seems to shift with the focus, making it secondary – and usually the eye is drawn to the brightest point first. Neato stuff.
The shots of Loch Lomond are gorgeous – the reflection of the sky on the water in the first one is astoundingly beautiful.
Loved the Nan M. party pix, as well. Fun, fun times! :)
~M