Freelensing

[gstrand]

Anyone ever tried freelensing? Interesting concept, and a search here turned up no threads, so I thought I would start one.

Some articles:

http://gizmodo.com/5679403/101-photos-taken-with-the-lens-detached
http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/tilt-shift-and-macro-freelensing/

Another place I frequent has made it part of our monthly challenge for December. I'd never tried it, so I went out to a tree in the parking lot at work and snapped a couple. It will take some practice, but sort of like my little 50mmnormal project (http://www.50mmnormal.com), I like limiting and freeing challenges. :)

The first images I made with my lens detached... not spectacular, but certainly interesting...:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/piscator/a1/freelens_19a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v33/piscator/a1/freelens_20_a.jpg

So... give it a try and post your results! Those of you with tilt-shift lenses, well, that's cheating. :rofl

[lstzephyr]

Interesting. I've never heard of that but I will give it a shot. I do wonder why they say a 50mm or higher lens.

I'm using film so it may be a while until I post anything.

[jsedlak]

The canon 50 1.8 is great for this. You can reverse it and get some fairly good macro shots.