Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project

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
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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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Hay Bales (Lensbaby vs. Nikon) (Traveling Burnside Project)

Published: Wed, Jul 04, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography
Tags: Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby
Two years ago I discovered a field with hay bales just a few minutes from my parents’ house. Last year I had huge plans of taking pictures of them right after I arrived to Hungary. I walked to the field on my first day, and found nothing. They had already collected the bales. This year I got lucky; they were still at the field, and I was able to take a few comparison shots. I took the Lensbaby Burnside 35 and the Nikon 35mm lenses with me.
The following two images are out of the camera, no editing. They were taken almost from the same spot, a few minutes apart, both at F5.6 aperture.
Burnside 35
Nikon 35
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Touring a Small Town at the Balaton Lake (Traveling Burnside Project)

Published: Sun, Jul 01, 2018
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Traveling Burnside Project, Photography, Photowalk
Tags: Burnside 35, Hungary, Lensbaby
My daughter and I arrived to Hungary a few days ago. We will be visiting friends and family in July, and I will be taking lots of pictures!
We spent the weekend with my brother at the Balaton Lake. The weather wasn’t good enough for the beach, but it was perfect for taking a long walk. We toured the area after a huge thunderstorm.
I used the Burnside 35 exclusively during the walk. Since I had company, I didn’t record all the data for the images, but all of the pictures were taken with F2.8-F5.6 apertures.
For those of you who don’t like to do post processing, I will show the straight out of the camera pictures first, and the second image will have minor edits in Lightroom.
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Right before we entered the small forest area, I stopped at this train tunnel. I felt that the topic was perfect for the lens (largest vignette used).

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