Messing Around with Rodenstockography

[Andrea B.]

My version of Rodenstockography features grit & grain, bent light, wheelies, ray-zaps and only the most minute slice of focus (if any....depends on if I feel like it).

Mini-LED holiday light shining through red, green & gold woven ribbon.
 
 D810 + Rodenstock XR-Heligon 50/.75 for 1/30" @ ISO-100
 This lens is unchipped so Exif incorrectly reports lens speed.

[Andrea B.]

Tiny LEDs on silver wire.
 
 D810 + Rodenstock XR-Heligon 50/.75 for 1/250" @ ISO-400
 This lens is unchipped so Exif incorrectly reports lens speed.

[Andrea B.]

Mini-LED with plastic snowflake cover.
 
 D810 + Rodenstock XR-Heligon 50/.75 for 1/640" @ ISO-400
 This lens is unchipped so Exif incorrectly reports lens speed.

[Andrea B.]

Mini-LED shining on fir needles and glittered Christmas ornament.
 
 D810 + Rodenstock XR-Heligon 50/.75 for 1/50" @ ISO-100
 This lens is unchipped so Exif incorrectly reports lens speed.

[charlie]

Andrea!

I love all your flares, blurs, and abstractions.
That last one looks like some sort of flower made up of light.
Makes me want to dust off my 42mm Rodenstock.

[Tristin]

Very pleasing images 

[Akira]

Love these creative abstract images!  Thanks for sharing and inspiring, Andrea!

[Michael Erlewine]

Mini-LED shining on fir needles and glittered Christmas ornament.

Nice!

[Andrea B.]

Thanks, everyone!

charlie, yep, I thought that red was also flower-like.

[PeterN]

 I like it a lot! Inspiring to try it myself. But I already know the results won't be as beautiful and good as yours. Thanks for sharing.

[Andrea B.]

But I already know the results won't be as beautiful and good as yours
oh don't say that! you have your own vision and your results will be cool also.
These kinds of lenses are to have fun with and to experiment with and to play with.

besides which you should see the 200 really awful shots I made to get these few!!!! srsly.

[John Geerts]

Great stuff, Andrea.

Yes, the hit-miss rate with the Heligon's is very high, even working on tripods. A mm change in position can give the desired effect, or not...

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The Heligons are the exception to the rule that a camera thrives best on a tripod. The way in which they portray the subject, a hand-held camera is a must.

[JohnBrew]

Way, way, cool! I did some similar stuff in Montreal, but used my Leica (gasp!). It's really fun playing with lights that way.
Very nice, Andrea. Is there more on the way?

[Alex Cejka]

Interesting images with an artistic twist.
I was trying to get one of the Heligon's just for fun but so far was outbid every time.