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I have been working with the Muse and soft focus optic on flower macros and really liking the results. Cannot wait for spring so I can start shooting flowers outside again!

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These are gorgeous Kath. I espescially like the first one and the third. Yeah I think we're all getting anxiuos for spring.

Brian

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Love the fourth one especially. I didn't want the soft focus optic until now...

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Kath,

All are very nice soft focus macros. At least March is ALMOST here, and with it SPRING.

Rich

Gorgeous!

really beautiful set - I just love the first two.

Kath,
As always, your images are fantastic. You have such a good eye for compelling images. Thanks.
Jack

All I can say is beautiful.

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Thanks, everyone. :)

Kathleen

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These are all so beautiful, I especially like the first and the third .

all are beautiful but the tird one blows me away, stunning

The soft optic is just made for this. Beautiful. I would love to make such nice images...

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Beautiful colour and great use of the SF. No 4 is great.

I'm inspired to try the SF with my kenko tubes on some of my wife's roses :)

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Kath, lovely shots,really like the way this optic has mottled the background in #2, almost a classic portrait type background affect. Love to see more of this optic in you hands.tony.

Thank you all very much!

Kathleen

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Very beautiful, Kathleen, delicate works, I like them a lot!

Codrin
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Thank you Codrin. :)

Kathleen

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These are brilliant. So alien!

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Stunning flower work! Each one a favorite!

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Great shots Kathleen. You've got me looking forward to spring too. Can't wait.

enjoye!

joye

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Oh so superbly shot!!

Mel :) In sunny Brisbane, Australia
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Thanks so much, Christian, Lorna, Joye and Mel. :)

Kathleen

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I'm definitely gonna think about getting this optic, what I'm not clear about though, surely putting in one of the narrower aperture disks will destroy the soft focus (as it is produced by the smaller holes outside the main opening, is that right?). Would then you be able to get this effect with lots of small holes cut into a blank disk..? Might try.

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Hi Christian,

The soft effect is created by the optic, not the aperture disks, so there will be softness no matter which aperture you use.


Kathleen

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What I mean is, looking at the picture and the description - 'You can also stack a second aperture disk on top of a special aperture disk to block part or all of the outer rings of holes' - it seems it's this outer ring of smaller holes in the disk installed in the soft focus lens that creates the softness. the central hole looks about the same area as the f4 - I'm confused as to how the softness is still there if a narrower aperture than f4 is stacked in. Is that disk further back into the optic than on the other optics, and what is the actual lens like?

I am going to make up a disk like the one that seems to be in the illustration of the soft focus optic, and see what effect it makes...

C

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You don't need to use the special apertures to see the softness with this optic. They add an interesting effect to the background, but if you are shooting full frame macros, as I was with the roses above, there's no need to use the special apertures. For the orchids, I used one of the special apertures, with the f2.8 aperture disk stacked on top.


Kathleen

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Hi Kath,
Great set of images, the fourth is simply stunning. Great use of the SF - gonna have to get one.
Cheers

steve

Thank you, Steve! I think you'd really enjoy the SF optic. :)

Kathleen

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Lovely shots

I hope no one minds I'm responding to an older thread.

These are fantastic. I'm looking the Lensbaby seriously for the first time, and the Muse is what I'm considering at the moment. Thanks for sharing!

Graham, the Mathogre

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