What are the cool kids doing these days?
Freelensing, apparently. This is a photographic technique compatible with most interchangeable-lens cameras. Simply detach the lens and hold it free against the camera mount, tilted slightly. The world viewed crossways through an off-kilter lens is surreal. It’s a poor-man’s tilt-shift.
I decided to give it a try:
Plenty more at Flickr’s freelensing pool.
A personal blog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
Cool effect. Could also be called the rich-mans Lensbaby, or just ‘SensorDusting’
Surprisingly, I haven´t noticed any increase in sensor dust since trying out this technique. But then, I mostly use the 7D these days, and for some reason that camera has little sensor dust problems relative to its predecessors.
Kitteh!
I agree with KBHC, I like the cat the best but I guess the Dead End is more ‘artistic’.
[...] really cool tilt-shift By Chris Grinter, on January 12th, 2011 Alex Wild posted a few days ago about the “freelensing” photography technique. You can get some really cool results, [...]
Very nice effect, although most of mine look like this without freelensing