Falling For You

© Kalena Randall

Falling For You

Uploaded: May 07, 2013

Description

Taken with Nikon D7000, Lensbaby Composer Pro, double glass optic, telephoto attachment, f4 aperture disk, and two second shot.

Post Processing in Lightroom 5 Beta with the black and white conversion.

Comments

Kalena Randall May 24, 2013

I know how some here do not like Lensbaby shots. However, setting that aside for a moment - this is a 2 sec timed shot with my husband starting the dominos falling for me. It was taken with the Composer Pro and double glass optic with the telephoto attachment. I used my tripod and the remote trigger so that I could avoid any interference from me touching the camera. The sweet spot of focus was towards the center with the timing trying to catch the falling dominos just before they entered that focus spot.

Again, I'm playing with stills - sort of? The dominos were moving! lol #1529481

Stephen Shoff May 24, 2013

Another rainy day, Kalena?

I love it. Your lensbaby effect gives the impression of both motion and double exposure. I can enjoy this image as is.

The only dichotomy in the image that stands out to me is that while your center of focus does appear to be in the 2nd curve (which is ok, the front rank out of focus works for me) the table top below the front rank seems to be in focus. That would be an issue in other circumstances. It could be overcome by applying some blur. #10705134

Jeff E Jensen May 24, 2013

I agree with Stephen, this works really well. His suggestion is also spot on.

Great idea and well executed! How many takes did it take? #10705279

Elaine Hessler May 24, 2013

That is awesome Kalena! I don't mind Lensbabies at all-I just have never used them and don't know much about them. So I find this type of thing different and interesting. I like the B/W a lot. Just curious-I am wondering what this would have looked like if you started the dominos falling from the front, so that the ones in the front were in motion and the ones in the back were the solid anchor? I am not recommending you reshoot-this looked like a lot of work, just curious about the composition... Still learning... #10705288

Kalena Randall May 24, 2013

Thanks, everyone! Hey, Jeff, it took one good take, but many times of resetting those dominos! I took many photos playing with the time factor. My husband, my son, and I worked on placing the dominos very carefully and in as equal distance apart as we could. It was time consuming to say the least.

Stephen, the blur area is determined by which aperture disk I used which was f4. The front is out of focus, but the Silver Efx could have played a role in making the front table area look more in focus than the original. I don't have the software to add additional blur and if I did, I'm not sure if it would interfere with the Lensbaby effect or not. Wish I could afford it. Maybe LR will eventually give us a couple of blur filters!

Elaine, we tried the dominos falling from the front, but since that is where my camera was set up it didn't quite come out right with the timing. If you can find someone in your area that uses a Composer Pro, maybe they would let you try it. There is a huge learning curve with this lens, but it makes learning fun!

Thanks again everyone! Glad you liked it! It was a fun shot to do! #10705333

Dale Hardin May 24, 2013

I'm really impressed with your dedication and creativity, Kalena. But as you know, I'm not a fan of this effect. I think your goal of movement in the falling tiles and the limited sharpness would have been much more effective with a fast shutter and an aperture that gave you a limited DOF.

Using this method I see no indication of movement, just blur. I know everyone seems to disagree, but that's what I see. #10705504

Michael Kelly level-deluxe May 25, 2013

I am afraid I find that I am in agreement with Dale on this one. Just to small an area of the entire shot is in focus and that is even unusual both for the way an eye and most lenses focus. The important thing though is do you like it. #10706167

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