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in photography •  7 years ago 

Freelensing for better perception
i represent my perception as a normal muscle that i should train from time to time. i find that different photography exercises and experiments can do this work very well for me. a few weeks ago when i read some article about the “Petzval lens” i remembered the “freelensing” – very interesting technique that everyone can try and implement with his existing gear.

for freelensing i love to use Asahi fully manual 50mm f/1.4 m42 bayonet lens. M42 bayonet is great for freelensing because of suitable distance between the rear glass and sensor of the camera, which allows to find and capture very sharp focused fields. the secret is to not attach the lens to the body of camera, but to hold it in hand very close to the front of the sensor. the effect is stunning, the leaks of light are violate all laws of classical photography, the vignetting is natural and there is no software that able to recreate it.

the biggest disadvantages of freelensing is danger of entering of a dust to the sensor area and slow focusing process.

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I have never tackled the black and white imagery. So that's something I am trying to do these days. Hope I can capture some.

good luck ! :-)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I have never tried this, but, will give it a try and see how it comes out! Thanks for the tips.

my pleasure and i will wait for the results from you Denise !

:) What is up with the site again today. It took me 10 minutes to upvote and more than that to comment! It is going to be a long day or I may have to ditch Steemit for today!

yes very problematic and i copy every my comment cos yesterday i lost a few long writings..
something strange and i understand many ppl just don't enter here anymore because of these problems ..

I didn't post for three days and have lost several long postings. sigh This too shall pass. Hopefully.

Have a beautiful Sunday.

great weekend to you too Denise !

Wow first time I heard about freelensing. Astounding results artwork if I may say.

oh really ! but you know once i saw some video on youtube about and it was also my first time to hear about. i just tried to implement it to my style of photography and this one is the only one from dozens not less interesting (for me) and i'm going to continue this series with some more portraits too (actually finished some series with models but not sure if i would like to publish them here)
if you interesting to see some more - photography here at my blog site -
http://www.victorbezrukov.com/category/freelensing/

Awesome I'll check it out. Love your work mate.

huge thank you !

Very interesting, I have never heard of this before. I've tried holding a glass, reading glasses and sunglasses in front of a lens.

look for freelensing technique on google for more :-))

Yes, I Google'd it after we commented. Looks very interesting. Will share with another photo-experi-mental friend. I have several new photo techniques here. Thanks!

my pleasure Trula !