Lens Filter Trick

[John Thompson]

[Tersha]

Very cool John! I’ve tried using magnifying glass in front of a flower for effect, never thought of holding a lens up. 🙂

[John Thompson]

Thank you Diane.  I have a glass sphere that I was going to try but I could not find it!  Lol.  I was going to make the focused center a shot with the sphere.  Maybe I will try when I find it.

[beth]

cool trick.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Wow! Love this John. Quite a cool frame 🙂

[Rob Eyers]

Fun image John. A quick guide on your process would interesting.

[John Thompson]

Ok Rob I can do that.  I had the camera set on a tripod and took a pic of the desert with the tree in the center.  Then I took the pic with the filter in my fingers.  Brought both into PS and copied the filter pic over top of the background pic.  Created a mask and then used a brush to bring out the layer underneath.  The blurred portion and the infocus portion line up because I never moved the camera.

[Rob Eyers]

Thanks John.

[John Thompson]

It is easy once you know how.  I saw this done on a long exposure night scene and it was stunning.  I knew how to do it immediately but I kept forgetting to do it when I was out.  I have to write notes to myself which is insulting for someone who has had excellent recall.  Oh well, quit complaining John!!!!

[Rob Eyers]

🙂

[JasenkaG]

I’ve never tried this but I think I will after seeing this shot 🙂

[John Thompson]

I think it could be used to make many photos fun.  I want to try it on different subjects other than the joshua.

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