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Morag Perkins

OK, so, freelensing is pretty much what it sounds like - it involves detaching the lens and holding it in front of the camera, making subtle adjustments to the angle and position until you get a pleasing result.

It tends to give soft dreamy results, with just the odd detail coming through sharp. Works best in a scene like this where focus doesn't matter that much!

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Redeye Redscale film
Canon EOS 300 & Pentacon 50mm f1.8, freelensing

Surreal close up colour photograph of long overgrown grasses in a meadow in spring. Lots of grass stems are visible, one or two in sharp focus with most blurred behind. Each stem has lots of spikelets at the top, almost like a dense furry tail. All of them are bending towards the left hand side of the frame, like they are blowing in the breeze. The colours are very striking; everything is bathed in deep rich tones of red and orange, with just subtle hints at green in the grasses.
Another close up photograph of different grasses in the same meadow. This time some of the grasses are more delicate, with just a few small spikelets on delicate branches at the tip of the stems. More blade-like grass leaves can be seen too. Much of the image is in soft focus, with some of the blades of grass and seeds in sharp and semi-sharp focus. There are blurs in the foreground that seem to be more grasses blowing around. The overall effect is crowded but dreamy. The image is bathed in the same rich orange and red tones as the others.
Another close up photograph of grasses in the same meadow. This time the image looks into a dense of those long grass stems with the almost furry looking 'tails' at the top. All of them are leaning off towards the left of the frame, blowing in the breeze, and none of them appear to be in sharp focus. There is a real sense of motion in the scene. The image is bathed in the same rich orange and red tones as the others.
Another photograph of grasses in the same meadow, this time with a slightly different feel. Several different types of grass are in the frame this time, including many which have dense spikelets arranged up the length of the stem, and one in the centre of the frame with much sparser, delicate clusters of seeds on the end of tiny branches. Again, only a few stems of grass are in sharp or semi-sharp focus, and the rest is a dreamy blur behind. This time the image is less crowded and has a more airy, open feel. The image is bathed in the same rich orange and red tones as the others, but this time slightly lighter and leaning into yellows in places.
#BelieveInFiIm#Redscale#Freelensing
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Morag Perkins

So first up, the colours!

This is redscale film, which is really just ordinary colour film which has been loaded backwards.

That means that the light hits the colour layers of the film in reverse order, passing through the red layer first instead of last. It acts a bit like a deep orange filter and you get these otherworldly warm tones.

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Redeye Redscale film
Canon EOS 300 & Pentacon 50mm f1.8, freelensing

Another strange, semi-abstract close up colour photograph of long overgrown grasses in a meadow, swaying in the breeze. This time a larger group of grass stems are visible, all leaning over in the same direction, pointing towards the left hand edge of the frame as if something is pulling them there. Each stem of grass has lots of spikelets at the top, looking almost like furry tails. Again the colour tones are all over deep rich oranges and reds, with only the slightest hints at green in the grass. There is a deep shadow at the left hand side of the frame, and the grasses seem to be leaning into it.
#BelieveInFiIm#Redscale#Freelensing
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Morag Perkins

A surprising number of people expressed enthusiasm for Extremely Orange photographs when I shared my Phoenix results, so just for you (hi @Bittersuesz & @carusb!) here's a wee thread of freelensed redscale images that go all in on the orange!

I'll start you off with my favourite one:

(More on what freelensing and rescale are in a sec for those who are baffled!)

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Redeye Redscale film
Canon EOS 300 & Pentacon 50mm f1.8, freelensing

Surreal, semi-abstract close up colour photograph of long overgrown grasses in a meadow in spring. The end of one particular stem of grass is featured in sharp focus, coming in at the right hand edge of the image and pointing diagonally down across the frame. It has a series of small spikelets arranged up the length of the stem. Other stems can be made out in the background blur. The most striking thing about this photograph is the colours - everything is bathed in deep rich tones of oranges and warm reds, with only very subtle hints at green in the grasses. Two corners of the frame fade into very deep shadows, giving the whole thing a rich mysterious feel and a sense of depth.
#BelieveInFiIm#Redscale#Freelensing
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