I’ve recently been playing with taking photographs usingan antique magnifying glass and a lensball. It has not been as easy as it looks. I tried taking the shot above with a lensball with no great result. I rather liked this, though.
The shot above is a river in a forest taken through the lensball. I tried a number of shots here. One issue is catching your own reflection. It seems to be a problem if the area behind the ball is darker than where I am standing.
This was taken along some railroad tracks. I got morshiny e of the gravel of the railbed than anything else. One issue was that there are a lot of minerals in the rocks causing bright spots.
The adventure continues….
Love in Paris for sure.
Beautiful share
Thank you so much!
interesting..
your curiosity works in our favour =^_^= good morning!
Good morning. I do have as curious mind. I’m exploring new things this summer that I hope you’ll all get to see a bit of. Have a fun day.
I love these shots!
That’s so cool! My favorite is the shot of the river in a forest taken through the lensball.
Oh, I’m glad you liked it Janis. I just started following your blog. It’s really good. Have a great day.
Thank you 🥰
Light, reflection, and balance offer a new perspective. 👁👁🍃
That’s one of the things I like, a fresh perspective.
I love them all and it gives me a feeling of being in a fairy tale for some strange reason – perhaps like a crystal ball effect.
It looks like fun! The Eiffel Tower turned out particularly well.
Thank you. I was pleased withj the Eiffel Tower. I feel like I’m still pretty low on the learning curve with the lensball.
These are pretty, Chris. I really like the river photo.
Thank you, Lois.
Went on my first “shoot” with a lensball earlier this week. I concur that it’s harder than it looks to get good results. I got some unusual shading that seems to be cloud reflections in the grass in front of a couple of my shots. Luminar 4’s Erase function did a great job of “fixing” the grass in the foreground easily and quickly.
I’ll be interested to see the images you get with it.
I’m traveling this week and bringing the gear with. Hoping to add some more shots to my collection.
That sounds good. I’m trying to keep it handy and think of places to use it. I’m also trying to look at others’ photos and deconstruct how they made them.
Nice collection of beautiful images Chris! Very clever and creative! I’ll bet it’s fun to consider the shots in a whole new way. Take good care
I’m having a bit of fun with these. It’s good to try new things. You can get a knock-off lensball pretty cheap. You take care also.
Looks tricky, but fun. I’ll have to investigate. Thank you for the inspiration!
My pleasure. Perhaps you’ll be more of a natural at it than I am.
your crystal ball says a trip to Paris maybe? 😀
loving the dreamy effect, Chris 🙂
Yes! I thought if I can’t figure out how to take good photos with this thing, then at least I can make a bit of money telling fortunes. 😂
Good day to you Chris… love seeing the progress you are making with the lens ball. Very cool.
Thank you Nancy. I’m glad you’re enjoying these. Have a great day.
Wow.. Amazing 💯
Thank you. It’s good fun.
How wonderful they turned out! The river one is my favorite. Great work!
Thank you so much. Have a great day.
I think they’re all fabulous, Chris!!! You have some great ideas like with that Eiffel Tower. And the railway one is amazing, never mind the shiny spots. And I do like the lines in the other one too- all in all a fantastic new photography project as well!!
Thank you, Sarah. I’m learning and experimenting.