Lens blur... by marlboromaam

Lens blur...

Rendered with a filter from On1. There used to be lens attachments for film cameras that would render this effect. But there was a more economical method of tightly wrapping Glad Wrap around your lens with a rubber band and applying a little Vaseline around the edge which worked really well at the time. I don't think I'd try it with a digital camera though.
Oy, I don’t think so! Nice effect
July 12th, 2022  
Cool effect.
July 12th, 2022  
@homeschoolmom Thanks, Lisa.
July 12th, 2022  
looks like a vignette mags
July 12th, 2022  
Beautiful shades of greens and I like the effect
July 12th, 2022  
@phil_howcroft Well, it is but it isn't. LOL!

@mittens Thank you, Marilyn.
July 13th, 2022  
I really like the effect that ON1 filter is giving. This is awfully pretty
July 13th, 2022  
It’s a neat effect!
July 13th, 2022  
@milaniet Thank you, Milanie.

@ljmanning Thank you, Laura.
July 13th, 2022  
Very cool effect
July 13th, 2022  
Very nice
July 13th, 2022  
@dutchothotmailcom Thanks, Esther.

@bkbinthecity Thanks, BKB.
July 13th, 2022  
Love the way it makes a kind of zoom vignette.
July 13th, 2022  
Nice effect. I don’t think I would try the wrap and Vaseline either.
July 13th, 2022  
What a great effect you created.
July 13th, 2022  
Very nice effect, nice light
July 13th, 2022  
Very nice, though a bit dizzying. I have seen suggestions of that technique for digital cameras. And I never understood why, since most editing programs have that. And I guess cameras have that effect built-in (but who bothers to look in the menu?)
July 13th, 2022  
Beautiful scene. I would prefer you to lighten up the blurry places a little and to make the borderline smoother. But that's just my habit. I do not like computer work and I prefer to achieve such effects on the camera. I have an old UV filter that I have wiped out with petroleum jelly and it gives great effect. It is already a bit scratched but this only enhances the blur effect.
July 13th, 2022  
@shutterbug49 Thank you very much.

@dkellogg Thank you, David. I did use the wrap and jelly back in the late 70s and it worked pretty well. A tip from my late photography professor.

@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana.

@kjarn Thank you, Kathy.

@monikozi Thanks, Monica. My old digital doesn't have that option and I dare not try the wrap and jelly on my only old digital.

@haskar Thank you, Hasar. It was a dreary rainy day when I shot this. I dare not try the wrap and jelly on my one and only old digital but it worked very well for me in the 70s and was a tip from my late photography professor. He had to save us budget conscious students a little cash from having to buy lens attachments. =)
July 13th, 2022  
lovely
July 13th, 2022  
Nice. Looks like movement.
July 13th, 2022  
Neat!
July 13th, 2022  
And just as I thought that my eyes were improving after surgery.
A relief to know that it is a blurred effect.
July 13th, 2022  
Lovely capture
July 13th, 2022  
@pdulis Thanks so much, Peter.

@danette Thank you, Danette.

@ziggy77 Thank you very much, Jo.

@wakelys Oh my! I hope they're all better soon.

@craftymeg Thanks, Margaret.
July 13th, 2022  
Very neat effect!
July 13th, 2022  
@pamalama Thanks, Pam.
July 13th, 2022  
This is much better than having to clean vaseline off your lens.
July 15th, 2022  
@skipt07 Thanks, Skip. LOL! Just take off the rubber band and Glad Wrap. =)
July 15th, 2022  
@marlboromaam - I remember reading an article in a photography magazine where they talked about actually putting the vasoline on the lens. I never tried it. I know how hard it is to get vasoline off of things.
July 15th, 2022  
@skipt07 The Glad Wrap was a tip from my late photography professor back in the 70s. Yes, very hard to get off. I apply it to my bird feeder poles. The squirrels don't like to get their feet all gunky with it.
July 15th, 2022  
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