David Terao
May 2025 - Bubble Fan
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About the Image(s)
This is an abstract image that I entered and was accepted in a local abstract competition. It's actually a picture of a beaded, glass ashtray shot up close with a Helios 44-2 58mm lens made in the USSR in the late 1970's. The unusual bokeh is achieved by reversing the front lens element. The lens was mounted on a Nikon Zf camera using adapters. I processed the image in Lightroom and Photoshop to bring out the colors.
4 comments posted
Love your photography experiments lately! So creative. You have wonderful colors, bokeh and the symmetrical composition is very pleasing. Posted: 05/05/2025 15:42:19
Thanks, Cindy. I wasn't sure I liked this image, but my wife did and encouraged me to submit it to the abstract photo exhibit. Posted: 05/05/2025 16:06:58
Let us know how you do in the competition. I bet you will do well with this image. Posted: 05/06/2025 13:26:20
very interesting one, composition, light, ok, but fuzzy (not sharp focus) quite away from the normal photography presentation. Not sure what I can contribute to add value to this, let me stew it a bit. Posted: 05/11/2025 22:07:29