Burnside 35

Burnside Flowers (Traveling Burnside Project)

Published: Tue, Jul 17, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Flower Photography, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography
Tags: Burnside 35, flower, Lensbaby, Photography
After trying out the Burnside on the gorgeous architecture of Budapest, I’d like to post again about my favorite subject: flower photography.
One day last week I walked around in my dad’s garden and found some very pretty flowers. I added a macro filter to the Burnside lens to be able to get even closer to the blooms. The Burnside allows you to get as close as 6″ from your subject, but adding a +1, +2, +4 or +10 macro filter lets you get even closer. I forgot to record it, but I believe I used the +10 or +4 filter for the first 3 images on this page. They were all shot handheld.

 

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City Park Budapest – Traveling Burnside Project

Published: Sun, Jul 15, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography
Tags: architecture, Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby, Photography
Another gorgeous morning in Budapest on Saturday… I visited City Park to continue testing the Lensbaby Burnside 35 lens.
The first shot of the day turned out wonderful. I tried a silhouette picture of the Heroes’ Square statues, and this is what I got. I LOVE the birds in the image. Although there is a distortion on the left side, since it is a silhouette, it works for me.
​My next stop was a closer image of the statues of the Seven chiefs of the Magyars. I experimented with the different vignette settings, and I’ll let you decide if you prefer this picture with a little or with a lot of vignette.

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Architectural Photography (Traveling Burnside Project)

Published: Thu, Jul 12, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Architecture, Blog, Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography, Photowalk
Tags: Buda Castle, Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby
The weather finally cooperated and I visited the Buda Castle District to try out the Burnside 35 on my second favorite subject: architecture.
I walked around Matthias Church, Fisherman’s Bastion and the Maria Magdalena Tower. As I had mentioned it in a previous post, I prefer to visit the Castle District in the early hours, before the tourist groups show up. It feels like a very different place when it’s quiet, peaceful, and only a few people (who live there) walk on the streets.

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After the Rain (Traveling Burnside Project)

Published: Sat, Jul 07, 2018
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Flower Photography, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography
Tags: Burnside 35, flower, Lensbaby, Photography
I checked the bus schedules last night. I put my camera gear together and gathered my clothes as well. I wanted to leave early for the city. (I stay in a suburb of Budapest, where I grew up. I need to travel 45-60 minutes to reach downtown Budapest.)
At 3 am it started raining, and my plans fell through. I am very spoiled by the weather where I live, in Southern California. It barely rains there (not good for the nature, of course), and I can plan photo walks for basically any time. But not in Hungary.
Mid-morning the rain finally stopped, but it stayed cloudy and with a chance of further rain. Instead of going to downtown I stayed and photographed my dad’s flowers. This time I am posting my edited photos only – my photo artistry includes post processing.
All of the below images were taken with the Burnside 35, at F2.8 or F4. Post processing was done in Lightroom, Nik Efex and On1 Effects.
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Tried the Burnside on a Moving Object (Traveling Burnside Project)

Published: Thu, Jul 05, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography
Tags: Burnside 35, Lensbaby

 

 Well, it didn’t really work. I couldn’t focus fast enough with the manual lens. I am very used to the autofocus, in fact, I use the back-focus on my camera, which is even more efficient. This short video is of my friend and her adorable doggy, Fuge. While they played catch, I took a few photos of Fuge. (I used the Burnside lens for the video as well.)
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