path – Up Close And Personal

Captures Of The Week (Or There Abouts!)

7th Jul 20197th Jul 2019 awendesLeave a comment

So, I’m still playing about with my Raynox 250 on my Tamron 90mm Macro Lense. While I’ve been doing a fair bit of macro work, I’ve also been swapping in the lensbaby as the mood takes me. Still love the edge 35 optic 🙂

A dead fly. This was very small and quite difficult to shoot hand-held.

Some flowers, shot on paper, using the light from a window and tweaked quite a bit in Exposure X4.5

Captures Of The Week (30/6/19)

30th Jun 2019 awendesLeave a comment

A bedleja macro, taken with Tamron 90mm and Raynox 250

A hydrangea, taken with Tamron 90mm and Raynox 250

A path at the park. Taken with Lensbaby Composer and Edge 35 Optic.

Knotted Wound. Taken with Lensbaby Composer and Edge 35 Optic.

Phun With Phones

22nd May 2019 awendesLeave a comment

So, after being forced to use my phone the other day (after forgetting my camera battery), I thought I’d play with it some more. I bought some cheap Mpow clip on lenses, just for fun. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the results. I’m especially happy with the 20x macro lense. Here are a few of my favourites so far.

Captures Of The Day (19/5/19)

19th May 201919th May 2019 awendesLeave a comment

So today I remembered my camera battery and took some photos on a dog walk, along the cliff path and up to a cafe. All shots were taken with a Lensbaby Composer, with the Edge 35 Optic.

Lensbabies…

24th Apr 2019 awendesLeave a comment

… Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the blur.

A distorted photo of a pier — Totland Pier (2008) – Lensbaby Composer, probably Double Optic with the distortion caused by the Wide Angle Adapter

What are lensbabies ? Essentially they allow you to create certain effects in camera. They come as lenses or as optics for a lense, having a modular approach. I have only explored the optics for the lensbaby composer series, the other lenses being currently outside of my price range. The Lensbaby Website can explain better than I can.

A dog and hand — Our dog looking adorably up – Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic

They create distortion and imperfect images, which I fine very appealing. Different optics give different effects, some more subtle than others. You can also use certain lensbaby optics with extension tubes, to create interesting macro effects.

A close up of a daisy flower — A raggedy daisy flower – Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic, 12mm + 20mm Extension Tubes

If you can afford the initial purchase, lensbabies can give you a lot of pleasure as a photographer, as long and you’re not in pursuit of the “perfect” image.

Sweeping trees — Trees from a dog walk – Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic