First Look
Lomography’s Petzval 35mm gives the background a control ring
A portrait against foliage and one against open sky give the ring different material to work with. Explore the composition choices behind the new lens’s announced effects.
Topic
The character of out-of-focus photographic rendering, including highlight shape, edges, transitions, optical controls and their visual consequences when central. Generic shallow depth, soft backgrounds and incidental links do not qualify.
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First Look
A portrait against foliage and one against open sky give the ring different material to work with. Explore the composition choices behind the new lens’s announced effects.