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nother image made with a photon sieve. OK, I have decided to get serious about lensless photography. It has become a spiritual experience allowing a deep connection with radiation characteristics and the fundamentals of existence. Although many artists are actively pursuing this ancient technique, it is still ripe with possibility, as it can be a totally different way of understanding photography and seeing photographs. Many different sizes and shapes can be fashioned, each with their own unique effect: circles, squares, triangles, slits, zone slits, zone plates, and sieves. These can be placed at different focal lengths or used in combination. And then there is the opportunity for post processing, including compositing, panoramas, and HDR.
Because physically these optical elements are very small and take up little space, it is easy to have lots of options available in the field. Later today I am heading out on a photo expedition with several colleagues and plan on setting up and shooting the same subject sequentially through six different shapes in register. This is going to be good!
“I've always been excited to see just what my pinhole camera will do, with a certain amount of help from those sources beyond my conscious faculties, for I never fully know what's going to be in the image - there's the surprise I look forward to! It seems I am somehow closer to my own person by allowing the image to be something over which I don't have full control.” - Eric Renner
