Wish I could edit. I must add that its possible he was using a lens baby. I would like to try one of them. That could be an awful lot of fun, even if for just flowers, but I can think of much, much more.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > some people have made rubber gaskets and attached them to a fast 50. > The results are so-so. There is this guy that has a flickr page and > used to post (he might still) all these pictures with insane bokeh > that he calls bokehstein. Don't know if anyone has seen that stuff. It > was really, really, really, F***ing good. I tried some stuff with a > fast 50 and couldn't get anywhere near the bokeh this guy was > getting. YMMV I guess. Ill dig him out of my contacts if anyone is > really interested. > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> What's old is new again. :-) >> >> An alternative to that rather dust-prone trick is to manipulate a >> large magnifying glass in front of your lens. You have to experiment >> with manual focus to get the combo to be sharp-ish, but you can get >> some groovy effects. I came up with this myself, but I'm sure it's >> been done before. Sort of a poor-man's Lensbaby. >> >> Here's a couple of results: >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7801523238/lightbox/ >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7914839972/lightbox/ >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> http://www.cnet.com.au/how-to-get-started-with-freelensing-339343764.htm >>> >>> Dog give me strength! >>> >>> -- >>> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) >>> Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours >>> Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

