Time Immortal

One last picture of hoar frost, I think.

The Lensbaby really impressed me, overall, for how well it handled the outdoor shots. It allows for all the focus to be placed on one element of, say, a shrub or bush, while at the same time giving the background a very attractive blurring effect. And that aperture plate! I do love that effect.

And the contrast is excellent.

I’m actually really happy with how this shot turned out; unlike previous shots, the brightness here is just nice. For this shot, I set the “sweet spot” of the Lensbaby to be roughly center-frame, and the results were just brilliant. And the best part in all of this is that because I was shooting outdoors, I was able to use a low ISO setting — that really makes all the difference.

Even more Lensbaby fun — it was a productive morning to be out shooting pictures of hoar frost! Don’t try to parse that sentence too deeply, O Reader.

The Lensbaby really works well for shots of this nature, I’ve discovered. It allows for all the focus to be placed on one element of, say, a shrub or bush, while at the same time giving the background a very attractive blurring effect. Small points of light (glinting off the snowflakes and frost) turn to stars because of the aperture plate, although this latter effect isn’t as evident in this picture.

And the contrast is excellent.

I’m actually really happy with how this shot turned out; unlike previous shots, the brightness here is just nice. For this shot, I set the “sweet spot” of the Lensbaby to be off to the right a little bit — as a result, the shrubbery and tree branches to the left flare out and blur a bit more heavily, which really brings out the branches of the plant I’m shooting here.

Still more Lensbaby fun. This is another shot I took while in Vermilion for the Christmas weekend last year, and it also concerns hoar frost on the trees and shrubs about town.

The Lensbaby really works well for shots of this nature, I’ve discovered. It allows for all the focus to be placed on one element of, say, a shrub or bush, while at the same time giving the background a very attractive blurring effect. Small points of light (glinting off the snowflakes and frost) turn to stars because of the aperture plate, although this latter effect isn’t as evident in this picture.

And the contrast is excellent.

I probably could have brightened this shot a bit more in Lightroom, but I’m still very happy with it. The few branches in the foreground almost seem to leap off the screen, and the contrast is excellent. The Lensbaby is, for me, mostly a toy, but shots like this demonstrate that it is more than capable of turning out a truly exceptional image, even if it isn’t as sharp a lens as…say…my 50 mm f/1.8.

More Lensbaby fun. While I was in Vermilion for the Christmas weekend last year, the temperature took a bit of a dive, and one of the more pleasant effects thereof was the emergence of hoar frost on the trees and shrubs about town.

The Lensbaby really works well for shots of this nature, I’ve discovered. It allows for all the focus to be placed on one element of, say, a shrub or bush, while at the same time giving the background a very attractive blurring effect. Small points of light (glinting off the snowflakes and frost) turn to stars because of the aperture plate, although this latter effect isn’t as evident in this picture.

And the contrast is excellent.

I probably could have brightened this shot a bit more in Lightroom, but I’m still very happy with it. The few branches in the foreground almost seem to leap off the screen, and the contrast is excellent. The Lensbaby is, for me, mostly a toy, but shots like this demonstrate that it is more than capable of turning out a truly exceptional image, even if it isn’t as sharp a lens as…say…my 50 mm f/1.8.