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Post by byuphoto on Mar 10, 2006 15:59:49 GMT -5
I wanted to try something different so I stretched a oice of Panty hose over the lens and cut a hole in the middle. Kowa 66 85mm and T1 tube two soft lights Agfa Ultra color
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Post by herron on Mar 10, 2006 16:09:17 GMT -5
Rick: I love the shot....but I don't see the "panyhose" effect in it at all. Am I missing something? ---------- BTW: I used to do something similar with the cellophane from a cigarette pack (haven't been able to in while, because I quit smoking over 30 years ago)! I would burn a hole in it and hold it over the lens. Used to shoot weddings for a local studio when I was in my early 20s, and would shoot the bride this way, and sometimes the hands and rings of the newlyweds. Nice soft effect everywhere but the hole!
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Post by lulalake on Mar 10, 2006 16:10:46 GMT -5
Gorgeous shot! I didn't know that panty hose came in oices though :- )
Jules
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Post by byuphoto on Mar 10, 2006 16:11:12 GMT -5
you can see it most notably in the leaves at the bottom. I think I got the hole to big.
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Post by byuphoto on Mar 10, 2006 16:12:46 GMT -5
I have lost my glasses and I can't type without looking at the key ;-)
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Post by herron on Mar 10, 2006 16:28:39 GMT -5
I have the opposite problem. I can still count the loops and swirls of my fingerprints without glasses.....just can't see across the room! I guess I was looking at the area you mention as slightly out of focus because of the macro set-up.
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Post by byuphoto on Mar 10, 2006 17:18:41 GMT -5
no with the lights and 400 speed film Ican use a fairly small aperture for DOF
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Post by kamera on Mar 10, 2006 22:21:31 GMT -5
Yep, the nylon hose trick is an old one to obtain soft focus. I have used it a lot, but never thought of cutting a small hole to differ the effect. And the nylons are a lot cheaper than a commercially made soft-focus filter.
Ron Head Kalamazoo, MI
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Post by byuphoto on Mar 10, 2006 22:37:26 GMT -5
exactly. I have also smeared vasline on a sky;ight filter, before
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Post by Microdad on Mar 11, 2006 0:48:34 GMT -5
Rick, the photos you've been posting are quite impressive. Thank you for sharing, and especially sharing your techniques.
Steve
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Post by byuphoto on Mar 11, 2006 1:07:51 GMT -5
Thanks, not so much experience as a lot of developer down the drain
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Post by kamera on Mar 11, 2006 19:59:14 GMT -5
VASELINE, Rick? Only too well do I remember doing that. Fortunately I used an older, not too expensive filter cause I could not get the stuff off. Ending up chucking the filter as after several uses it was a mess. But playing around with different techniques is a lot of fun and you never quite know what you may get. When I work with closeup shots I use my Nikkor 105/2.8 Micro(as Nikon calls it)..allows a nice working distance and can also hit 1:1. Ron Head Kalamazoo, MI
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