Comments on: Winter and new glass http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/ ditt & datt Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ove http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-844 Ove Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:09:52 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-844 Thank you, Earl! I'm glad you like them this much! I have uploaded some to Flickr too, while I have not had much time thinking up and writing posts for the blog. Thank you, Earl! I’m glad you like them this much! I have uploaded some to Flickr too, while I have not had much time thinking up and writing posts for the blog.

]]> By: Earl http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-843 Earl Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:45:43 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-843 I think you're doing wonderful with this new soft focus class. I find all three photos to have a really nice feel and like Ray K. I keep coming back to look at them. I look forward to seeing more! I think you’re doing wonderful with this new soft focus class. I find all three photos to have a really nice feel and like Ray K. I keep coming back to look at them. I look forward to seeing more!

]]> By: Ove http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-842 Ove Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:10:36 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-842 Thanks Ray, I really appreciate your kind words of my work. I believe this is about to take me into a new way to express myself. This visual approach seems to harmonise with my way of seeing and thinking. And yes, do email me when it all becomes clear (I know, but the wording was unintentional first). We used to experiment with nylon stockings. Oh my, stockings and vaseline, I wonder if google search will go baserk now... :) I'm happy to see you here again, Sam, I was really happy over your visit last time. Thanks for your compliments. I have tried to figure out what these regular discs makes to the images. Will they still be soft in focus or more like a regular Lensbaby? I guess I'll have to try out all these combos during the Christmas. Lots of free time for experimenting. Thanks Ray, I really appreciate your kind words of my work. I believe this is about to take me into a new way to express myself. This visual approach seems to harmonise with my way of seeing and thinking.
And yes, do email me when it all becomes clear (I know, but the wording was unintentional first). We used to experiment with nylon stockings. Oh my, stockings and vaseline, I wonder if google search will go baserk now… :)

I’m happy to see you here again, Sam, I was really happy over your visit last time. Thanks for your compliments. I have tried to figure out what these regular discs makes to the images. Will they still be soft in focus or more like a regular Lensbaby? I guess I’ll have to try out all these combos during the Christmas. Lots of free time for experimenting.

]]> By: Ray K http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-841 Ray K Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:54:46 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-841 Ove I am really enjoying the new images here and on flickr, they remind me of when we used to smear a little Vaseline on a filter to get the soft-look only much better. Interesting stuff and oddly compelling I keep coming back and looking again and again. When I figure out what is going on in my head on these I'll email you. Really good stuff you are doing here. Ove
I am really enjoying the new images here and on flickr, they remind me of when we used to smear a little Vaseline on a filter to get the soft-look only much better. Interesting stuff and oddly compelling I keep coming back and looking again and again. When I figure out what is going on in my head on these I’ll email you. Really good stuff you are doing here.

]]> By: Sam Pardue http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-840 Sam Pardue Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:28:21 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-840 Beautiful series. Please note that you can use the regular aperture disks with the Soft Focus optic and it does eliminate the visible hole pattern that you see with bright light sources. Free yourself from perfection! Beautiful series. Please note that you can use the regular aperture disks with the Soft Focus optic and it does eliminate the visible hole pattern that you see with bright light sources. Free yourself from perfection!

]]> By: Ove http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-839 Ove Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:39:47 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-839 Markus, thank you very much! I'm very found of that image too. Karen, your so right, I am already enjoying the lens a lot. I saw that the aperture discs seem to be equally sized. I wonder how the spot focus lens performs with such soft focus discs..? Thanks, Chris! I guess you're right in both, the image gets sharp by the aperture disc's centre hole, and then softened by a set of other holes around the centre hole. Paul, what you write is interesting. Better resolving lenses will not necessarily make better images, but maybe only making the flaws more distinct. I'd better stick with my 7,5 mpixel camera and lousy lenses. :) Markus, thank you very much! I’m very found of that image too.

Karen, your so right, I am already enjoying the lens a lot. I saw that the aperture discs seem to be equally sized. I wonder how the spot focus lens performs with such soft focus discs..?

Thanks, Chris! I guess you’re right in both, the image gets sharp by the aperture disc’s centre hole, and then softened by a set of other holes around the centre hole.

Paul, what you write is interesting. Better resolving lenses will not necessarily make better images, but maybe only making the flaws more distinct. I’d better stick with my 7,5 mpixel camera and lousy lenses. :)

]]> By: Paul http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-837 Paul Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:45:35 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-837 " But, when this can be avoided, the glass performs wonderfully poor." LOL! This gave me a great laugh. It was a wonderful way start the day. Interesting how we like tools that actually degrade the image. Meanwhile, manufacturers keep spending lots of research and development dollars trying to figure out ways to make lenses resolve better. :-) ” But, when this can be avoided, the glass performs wonderfully poor.” LOL! This gave me a great laugh. It was a wonderful way start the day. Interesting how we like tools that actually degrade the image. Meanwhile, manufacturers keep spending lots of research and development dollars trying to figure out ways to make lenses resolve better. :-)

]]> By: Chris Klug http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-836 Chris Klug Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:10:07 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-836 These images are sharp and soft at the same time, it seems. Wonderful! These images are sharp and soft at the same time, it seems. Wonderful!

]]> By: Karen http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-834 Karen Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:50:08 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-834 Nice! I think you'll like the soft focus - I used mine with those recent panning shots I posted. If you also have an older Lensbaby, the ones without interchangeable optics, you can just slip the soft focus disc(s) in like a regular aperture disk and they work just fine. I found I had to try to avoid pointing it directly at a light source as much as possible, to avoid the disks appearing in the shot, as you noted - I'm still not sure if I like them or not. I think with some compositions it will suit it, but a lot of others it just gets in the way. Nice! I think you’ll like the soft focus – I used mine with those recent panning shots I posted. If you also have an older Lensbaby, the ones without interchangeable optics, you can just slip the soft focus disc(s) in like a regular aperture disk and they work just fine. I found I had to try to avoid pointing it directly at a light source as much as possible, to avoid the disks appearing in the shot, as you noted – I’m still not sure if I like them or not. I think with some compositions it will suit it, but a lot of others it just gets in the way.

]]> By: Markus http://www.ovepove.se/2009/12/winter-and-new-glass/#comment-833 Markus Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:27:18 +0000 http://www.ovepove.se/?p=887#comment-833 #1 is a really great winter shot (the other two are not at all bad, it's just that #1 really resonates with some of my winter feelings). Colors, the silhouette, the outshining headlights and the perfect snowy bike in the background - very well composed and perfectly exposed! #1 is a really great winter shot (the other two are not at all bad, it’s just that #1 really resonates with some of my winter feelings). Colors, the silhouette, the outshining headlights and the perfect snowy bike in the background – very well composed and perfectly exposed!

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