Meeting House Refraction Photography

I went to the Meeting House in our Community to see how that worked with my new Glass Globe. It is an interesting building with a large expanse of lawn in front of the building. In some ways the Globe reminds me of using a “fisheye” lens, but more interesting. If you shoot wider you get a smaller globe but see the surrounding area you are photographing which can add some interest. Also depends on your f/stop. On my first blog post I was using a 50mm macro lens. For this series I was using a 24-105mm zoom. On the wider range I really had to stretch my arm out far to be able to focus on the globe. On the 105mm range I could focus easier, but pretty much filled the frame with the globe. I was shooting at f/14 most of the time & tried a variety of focal lengths. I did not want my “background” image to be too distinct to take away from the globe image, but still have some detail. The feature image was shot at 88mm.

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Globe @ 55mm f/14

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Globe @ 55mm f/14

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Globe @ 50mm f/14 – trying to get a little detail in actual building

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24mm @ f/14

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90mm f/14

 

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90mm @ f/14

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50mm @ f/14

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105mm f/14

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24mm @ f/14

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105mm f/14

Snow Through A Crystal Ball

After experimenting with my water drop photos, my wife bought me a large glass ball to experiment with. These are my first try photographing through my Glass Globe (Refraction Photography)

I tried it out on a snow covered tree in front of my neighbors. I used a 50mm Macro lens to try it out. It does not take much to get different views in the globe. Can not wait to try it out in the field with landscapes and gardens. You do have to be careful, it is quite heavy. Plus in sunlight you have to watch because the sun is directed on a subject and can start a fire.

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On this I Flipped the Entire Featured Image so my hand is flipped also

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Snow Covered Trees Down the Sidewalk

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Globe angled for More Sky

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Globe Positioned for More Sky and Centering Tree By House