First Day with new Lensbaby 3G

note: she is my friend's niece, Aariana Aadrin.

I am learning about soft focus, instead of using lens, I used a software, at the meanwhile I'm using Picasa it is a freeware. Easy to learn and nice to use, there are a lot of simple tutorial on how to do soft focus using photoshop ...like cs4 and so on..

google it / yahoo it for soft focus!

enjoy ~

p/s: please bare with my 1st work. hehe It is not a perfect thing but I do excited because it turn out well.

Tell me you love me ... I dare you !!!

Canon 40D + Sima Soft Focus 100mm

Test of Rokkor 58mm 1.2 wide open with generic converter with glass element

Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory

a double exposure using my homemade soft focus filter. one exposure soft, the second sharp on my nikon D300.

cheers.

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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…

a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )

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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.

~365: experimental~

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Soft focus experiment.

Commercial

Canon 40D + Sima Soft Focus 100mm

filter and border from onOne Software, free download

My lovely wife of many years.

Sunset in Woodlawn

new soft filter work #4

Closeup manipulated with Picasa.

FocalLength: 135.0 mm

F-Number: F 3.2

Exposure Time: 1/2000 secs

ISO Speed: 100

One of my early uploads to flickr...

butterfly.

suita city, osaka

And could paint a memory

I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you.

-Norah Jones

FocalLength: 135.0 mm

F-Number: F 3.2

Exposure Time: 1/1000 secs

ISO Speed: 100

"capitalists make bad bread"

Sony Cybershot DSC-80, ISO100, 1/8 @ f3.2 + In Camera Soft Focus

Just playing with the soft focus tool of the W80... I found a fun frame of the horn icon in my steering wheel combined with the accent of the light.

34/365

can you see the heart? ....or is it just me

This is from a photography group project to create an image that could have been taken 100 years ago with an early lens and no auto exposure. We used pictures from our own archives and employed effects from Nik Effect and some blurring to reduce sharpness of focus. Original picture taken in 2013 on a small compact.

Soft focus optic with f6.7 multi-hole aperture

This is a handspun wool color shift yarn (gradually changes from one color to the next). I carded many mixes of the colors and spun them in order.

Mae went through photos on iPhoto today - she liked this one, she determined that is was taken accidentally. We had computer issues this weekend, and this fuzzy photo conveys the way the whole experience made me feel - a little lost and out of focus.

I finally finished editing the photos from the wedding W. and I shot a few weeks ago. Here are some of the more artful edits.

My very first try at soft focus (clear nail polish applied over the lens of disposable camera). I found my inspiration at Cobaltika's photostream:

www.flickr.com/photos/cobaltika/tags/nailpolishcamera/

The soft focus was due to mist. I haven't added any blurring via PS