My first stab with a Lensbaby Sweet 50 from earlier this morning. In this capture I used F4, no bend and no marco lens or extension tubes. Not too bad. I did add a light touch of a textured vignette in post-processing to complement the artsy effect of the lens.

Developed with Darktable 4.8.0

Tags:   coneflowers Summer flowers Enabling Garden Altoona Iowa Lensbaby Sweet 50 Composer Pro II July 2024 textured vignette

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A beautiful lily photographed at the Des Moines Botanical Center with a Lensbaby Sweet 50. I used F5.6 on this shot with no bend or macro lens/tube. I lost some sharpness on the tips of the stamen, but I still thought it was a decent photo.

Developed with Darktable 4.8.0

Tags:   lily flower July 2024 Des Moines Botanical Garden Iowa Lensbaby Composer Pro II Sweet 50

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A colorful patch of red and gold zinnias photographed at the entrance to the Des Moines Water Works headquarters building on George Flagg Parkway in Des Moines, Iowa.

Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic, set at F4.0
Composer Pro II with a Canon EF mount
No bend or macro lens/tubes used
Full afternoon sun with a light haze

Developed with Darktable 4.8.0

Tags:   Zinnia flowers July 2024 summer Lensbaby Sweet 50 Composer Pro II artistic photography

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A majestic little orange zinnia floret just beginning to blossom. Photographed just after sunrise at the Enabling Garden in Altoona, Iowa.

Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic
F4.0 with the 4X macro lens attached
Composer Pro II with a Canon EF mount
No bend or tilt used

Developed with Darktable 4.8.0

Tags:   flower. Zinnia close up Lensbaby Sweet 50 4X macro lens Summer July 2024 orange 50mm

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It’s 93° this afternoon with the heat index at 100, so I thought I would practice a little more with my new Lensbaby indoors. The coffee cup is mostly in-focus and sitting on top of some old sheet music. To the left is a set of ear buds along with the mouthpiece to the old tarnished brass bugle that’s in the background. It may be far from perfect, but I did get some practice in bending the lens.

Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic, set at F4.0
Composer Pro II with a Canon EF mount
I have a hard right bend on the lens and it’s tilted slightly up to push the majority of the distortion to the left and down. No macro lens or extension tube was used.

Developed with Darktable 4.8.0

Tags:   coffee cup sheet music ear buds bugle mouthpiece still life photography Lensbaby Sweet 50 Composer Pro II lens bend coffee

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