Still Points of the Turning Worlds & Vertical Arteries

[rosko]

The kind of photography I love.

Creative and inspired by nature. 

[Andrea B.]

Thank you everyone for your comments.

When working with this Rodenstock pre-visualization does not always happen because it is somewhat unpredictable. But that is part of the fun with such a lens. After shooting a few frames and seeing how the light is playing through a particular scene, I begin to get ideas about what to try next. It is very enjoyable to shoot this way because it is nice to be surprised by where this strange lens takes me.

[John Geerts]

Yes, true. I regard it's unpredictability as a unique quality. It gives extra stimulation to work further at the base what the Heligon produces.  However, to reproduce what the Heligon made is nearly impossible (when working with natural light, shadow, sun, wind etc)

[Bjørn Rørslett]

It is entirely possible to enter a previsualisation mode with the Heligons. It is quite likely just looking through the lens will propel you in that direction anyway.

The main issue, here more than ever, is deciding what is going to work. Or not.