Lensbaby Update

Having not had the opportunity to experiment with the Lensbaby as i'd hoped, i did suddenly decide that it might be a good idea to have a go at photographing a few lilies in the garden that are about to flower.

I had a go with the double glass optic and i think this is the best result. I made a few minor adjustments in Adobe Lightroom, mainly to boost the contrast.

I tried the Pinhole/Zoneplate optic too. On the pinhole setting it didn't really work too well, mainly due to the background. On the zoneplate setting the soft focus effect worked much better. Here's a colour and black and white version of my favourite. Again the main adjustments were to boost the contrast, though i also increased the exposure a little too.

I like the slightly surreal look to these quite a lot, and the second two have a bit of a dreamy look to them. I'm not usually much of a soft focus fan, but i like the effect of the zoneplate on some subjects.