Today I tried out a technique I learned in an online course recently. For this you wrap a piece of tulle material around your lens secured with a rubber band so that it covers the edges of the lens and gives the picture a soft edge with a touch of colour, depending on what colour material you use. A geranium and a gerbera I currently have in the house were beautiful subjects. I worked with a 150mm lens and, of course, a tripod.
Draping the fabric around my lens hood was really fiddly and there was not much control as to where the fabric arranged itself. So I ended up taking my lens hood off and stretching two layers of material with a hole in the middle over the lens and used manual focus through the hole. That produced some pleasing 'arty' results, and I am looking forward to improving on these when better light is available.
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I have done my best to scout out places around where I live to find a good spot to take sunrises. With Steve equipped with a compass we went to Wanstead Park, Aldersbrook lake, Springfield Park but all the views to the East have pylons and electricity lines going right across the picture and trees around the lakes obscuring the view. Now there is only Hampstead Heath left and I am not sure public transport starts early enough.
I guess I have to plan another holiday - yessss! However, I did take a few pictures on our excursions. Autumn has started at Springfield Park! In Wanstead Park the Grotto makes you think about olden times, the chestnut trees provided some food for our squirrels and the parrots were simply cute.x |
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