Anyway, due to the loss of two things I've anxiously anticipated for over a month [the shipping from Russia to here took THAT long] I was a little too bummed out to take pictures. So I just decided to throw in two leftovers from this week. I hope you like them.

Jackson Pollock
self-portrait

Lomo attempts: 1 2 3

Vignette attempts:  1 2

The rooms are pretty dark - in keeping with the Civil War'ish time period - so these shots are my attempt to balance the natural light coming through the windows with the flash to get a balanced shot. Here's a couple that I thought were worth sharing.

Sofa

Table

Dining Room

Then, all this LOMO talk got me thinking of giving them a more vintage look. So here are those.

Retro Sofa

Retro Table

Finally, a couple was sharing a romantic afternoon - so I shot 'em.

Couple

TP1
TP2 Yes it's a repeat but no LOMO effect
TP3
TP4
TP5
TP6
TP7

From an upcoming series of images: Broken Barn Lomo

As Moose pointed out, huge thanks go to lilbit for showing me this tip...

This set of pictures was taken over the course of a few days this winter, and they are some of my favorite pictures. I took them while walking around and doing what I do every day, trying to notice new things.

Here is the gallery. It contains 11 images.

All of there photos were processed using my own variation on Redscreen.Net's Lomo Effect.

And that's what I got- a Lomo. A Cosmic Symbol lomo, direct from the Ukraine, circa 1982(?). It's 100% manual, no batteries needed. The viewfinder is a plastic window, so you can't tell if you're focusing properly or not.

Today I wandered around my backyard shooting a test roll, making careful notes of all the settings. Out of 40(!) shots on the 36 roll exposure, I thought the following were decent.

Beware of dog
Mountain view
Park view
Lawn furniture
Fruit tree

The manual focus generated some interesting effects. This banyan tree's branches look almost ghostly, due to the focus being set for the leaves. And this water lily, although out of focus (I wanted to see just how close I could get!) looks rather artistic.