Took this a few days ago. That's my old bicycle from Havana. 
Great Photos Thread
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Here are some shots I got at the recent guitar show in Arlington, Texas.
One of the more photogenic mushrooms found on our weekly hikes! I don’t have an eye for photography and mostly just take pictures of the plants and mushrooms we find for identification and cataloguing purposes, but I thought this one turned out rather nicely by accident. It roughly follows the rule of thirds and has some nice foreground-background symmetry. My girlfriend and I call each other Little Mushroom and Big Mushroom, so we found this fungal couple very touching!
It's your depth of field that makes the subject "jump." Nicely done!
Old Glory on my porch early this chilly morning. Just a straight shot with a broken lens, no photoshop involved.
Your broken lens is adding a great effect to the out-of-focus areas. (Or it has interesting bokeh, if you prefer.) I know people who look for ways to make images like that.
Broken or not, it should be fun to play with that effect.
Ok, here's the set up I'm currently using for this shot. Olympus Pen E-p5, Nikon-4/3 adapter, Nikon t-mount adapter, and a Higon 35mm f3.5 preset lens. I bought the lens as used back in the mid 1970s from a camera shop in Battle Creek MI for $12. I had no idea that it was optically screwed up, but was delighted with the results, that can be varied by using the aperture ring. My wife used to use it a lot, first on film cameras then on a Nikon D90.
Here's an example of one of her photos; a shot of a part of a Christmas tree from about 6 years ago. I don't know what the optical problem is called but it's been fun.
That is fantastic!
I've seen a similar effect in the past when the front element of a lens is installed backwards. But please don't try to correct this lens: it's perfect as it is.
Some may like the jarring effect, no order to the lack of focus. I prefer to try as much as possible to get the effect I'm looking for in the original shot, limiting my post-production as much as possible, if at all. A busted up lens simply limits my options to whatever occurs, point and shoot as it were. Not point of sharp focus that I see. Interesting results but, well ... not to my tastes. I want a "purpose" for every capture.
I hope I'm not being to harsh here. I think every one should shoot what they like and/or. in my case, what might sell.
My car in Buenos Aires.
Its the red in the back.
Its the red in the back.
Río de la plata, Río Parana, delta of Parana, Rio Uruguay and Laguna de Mar Chiquita in the back.
From ISS
From ISS
Took my two sons and my nephew to the zoo this last weekend. The weather was great, but I had all kinds of challenges shooting. Going indoors and out, midday sun with clouds moving in and out plus moving animals. Here are a few that I took that are on the okay side of things:
How in the world did you get up that high to get that shot??
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