Back in November I was out in Arizona for my son’s wedding. Because I had to take a gown and shoes and a dress for the rehearsal dinner and all the clothes required to get through 11 days of traveling, I kept my camera gear to a minimum. It was a hard choice, but it was a wedding after all! One of the lenses I took was my Velvet 28. The Velvet 28 is a newer lens for me so I hadn’t really put it through it’s paces yet. Knowing I was headed to the Sedona, the Grand Canyon and Horseshoe Bend I thought it a good choice.
We got to Arizona a couple of days before the wedding and had some time to scope out some other areas. I was very interested on that first day to see how much blur I could put into my images while having enough details to be able to remember exactly where I was. How much was too much blur, if that’s a thing! And that is the thing about Lensbaby lenses, you can go from no effect to the most effect possible and every where in between! It’s not a one size fits all, deal.
I live with this man who isn’t into blur. It’s okay, it really is. I love him anyway! I am the photo keeper in the family and I’m the one who does the printing, but I sometimes give him a choice! I started by shooting at f/22, then f/16, and f/11 continuing down to f/2.5. The area is pretty typical of this part of Arizona. Lots of red rock and cactus! I’m not going to wow you with the most amazing sunset here. I just wanted to see how the Velvet 28 handled the blur at every f-stop. Here are my results! You decide for yourself, but I will say that if you like this effect but don’t always want to have it, you have options! Just shoot closed down. Love the effect…go for wide open! All images shot hand held at ISO 100. The other settings at listed on each image. Let me know what you think!
