This one sparked a bit of interest over at the Norwegian blog I’m contributing to for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. So, I’ll share the story here as well.
Update:
Video tutorial on how to make that cardboard cover for your lens
I recently bought the lens you see in the image. Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. Then Mr. Erlandsen pointed me to this.
Before you know it I made this one:
Equipped it with a snow crystal and mounted it on my camera:
Update:
I used some standard paper cutters to make the patterns.
Before you know it the images that have a traditional round bokeh:
…started looking like this:
Some more cutting and shapes and off we go…
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