Petroleum jelly. Photo Gallery by Pawel at pbase.com

Petroleum jelly.

I spred petroleum jelly on my SkyB filter. Difused light and details gave me this interesting efects. I tried to make difernt spred shapes to make diferent efects.

I used pentax 18-55 mm at widest setings changing only if i had to grab quick shot.
More soft (difused) work has been done on tamron adaptall 2 90mm.
Hope you enjoy :)

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Eldar Kadymov		04-Nov-2009 16:19
I need to think about what else I can spill on my filter, since this accident produced such fabulous effect ! BV

Sarah Rehfeldt		30-Jul-2009 20:57
What a very interesting & creative effect!

Chad Ramsey		14-Jun-2009 04:51
Ooh, I've heard of people trying this! Great idea and wonderful execution! Great shots~V

Guest		13-Jun-2009 08:55
good stile and light, i like!

Roe..		12-Jun-2009 16:44
this gallery makes me smile..I love nontraditional images..bravo!

Guest		11-Jun-2009 22:56
very creative gallery and really great shot indeed well done .v

Julie Aucoin		09-Jun-2009 07:52
So cool, Pawel! The effects are really interesting and original. Great creative work. Keep on pushing those boundaries!

Dara Su		28-May-2009 11:34
Amazing gallery! Very rare! V.

Gil Azouri		23-May-2009 15:32
Excellent and creative work V

marie-jose wolff		12-Apr-2009 09:01
luminous, brilliant, mysterious ... wonderful and creative images! V

Guest		12-Apr-2009 06:48
Nice works, very artistic ! v

peterjay45		11-Apr-2009 13:25
Very creative, artistic work. Well done indeed. V V.

CM Kwan		11-Apr-2009 12:46
Excellent idea and outstanding capture, Pawel! I learned a lot from you! V

Guest		10-Apr-2009 18:57
Wonderful... very creative. Some of these did make my eyes hurt, very creative still... but my eyes start watering if I focus on out of focus areas

Mike Stobbs		10-Apr-2009 16:40
Interesting an stunning gallery.....bravo...Mike

kimberly pinson		09-Apr-2009 01:41
Im not going to suck up, but i see a similarity in all of em. A tad bit vapid in some. the petroleum jelly was quite a nice touch though.

Thomas		08-Apr-2009 22:43
Your creativity is endless! Interesting experiment.

Alain Boussac		08-Apr-2009 12:17
You are exploring and experimenting and that's great ! This gallery is a show of how much creativity you have, Pawel ! V.

Marcela Mejia Photography		08-Apr-2009 02:58
I enjoyed each and every one of the images, Pawel . Excellent creation of images V

Rob Oele		07-Apr-2009 21:31
Wow, creativity is the key. Great work here. V

Richard Calmes		07-Apr-2009 19:12
Very creative and well executed! Fascinating results! V

Guest		07-Apr-2009 13:20
Great gallery...I bet it was a lot of fun to see what you had created! V

Paco L�pez		07-Apr-2009 07:10
Fantastic work!!!! Vote!!

chris		07-Apr-2009 06:08
Nice!! but just wonder how you cleaned the filter after that, cos i wanna try too :D

John Potter		06-Apr-2009 23:33
Pawel: I find it truly encouraging when a photographer undertakes cool experiments such as these. My compliments on a great result!

Dan Greenberg		06-Apr-2009 17:51
Pawel - these are really cool and really creative. I did this once a long time ago in my film days ad your images have inspired me to try it again. ~V~

Pawel		06-Apr-2009 14:17
Re: Autofocus, I fixed focus for about 2m, and was using aperture f/8,f/11 as long as light was good. At 18mm dof was all right. When i had to i was focusing manualy.

Jean-Luc Rollier		06-Apr-2009 12:13
Very interesting Pawel! Great idea. JL Vote

Guest		06-Apr-2009 10:37
Great gallery. Just wondering how well your autofocus works when you do this?!

Guest		06-Apr-2009 04:17
What a wonderful work, original and very artistc, the results are magical! V!!!

Guest		05-Apr-2009 17:02
A unique and very creative work. It worth the experience. V

Dallas Hyatt		05-Apr-2009 15:59
Love the impressionistic flavor and dreamlike sense of movement in these photographs!

Jeff Real		05-Apr-2009 13:09
Your experiment is a fantastic success ~V~

monil		05-Apr-2009 11:02
A great result. Fantastic this serie and very creative. v

Don Mottershead		04-Apr-2009 20:47
Very enjoyable. (V)

Guest		04-Apr-2009 20:30
very creative!

123		04-Apr-2009 20:26
Excellent experiment. V

Naret Visesvongsa		04-Apr-2009 15:08
Good experiment which gives interesting result. V

Zeev Parush		04-Apr-2009 14:49
great idea - great results

Guest		04-Apr-2009 14:44
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Steve Morris		04-Apr-2009 14:15
Fabulous experiment Pawel and I very much like the results. My favourites are the ones where the jelly appears to have been applied in a diagonal smearing pattern or a criss cross pattern rather than random or in a circular pattern. But of course this is just a personal view. Creative work worth a big vote!!

Ali Majdfar		04-Apr-2009 11:57
Fabulous collection, excellent captures. ~V

Raymond Ma		04-Apr-2009 06:10
Your spirit of photographic adventure and exploration is most admirable! V

Peter Zetner		04-Apr-2009 02:25
What a beautiful series of images!! My compliments and big vote.

Lee G		03-Apr-2009 22:22
Interesting experiment and cool results! I've heard of this technique but have never tried or seen it in action, thanks for sharing. ~V

endre novak		03-Apr-2009 21:55
nice work.

larose forest photos		03-Apr-2009 19:01
Very intriguing and clever. Really like these photos. V.

Marc Demoulin		03-Apr-2009 15:15
Great idea and wonderful achievement Pawel!! vVv Marc

Nikhil Bahl		03-Apr-2009 03:04
Nice execution on these images. v

Sabine Stetson		02-Apr-2009 23:51
stunning and beautiful images.... far out gallery.....hope, you were able to clean the lense properly:)))) big V

Sue Robertson		02-Apr-2009 22:26
Innovative creative.. at the egde.. Love your work. v

pascal		02-Apr-2009 17:59
A very personal and creative work. I like a lot your pictures.

Bill Warren		02-Apr-2009 12:28
Very creative work. V

Giancarlo Guzzardi		02-Apr-2009 04:43
I agree with Marcia, it's sure a innovative photography

Marcia Rules		02-Apr-2009 00:00
how innovative! very curious photos...v

PauloCGama		01-Apr-2009 21:43
Wonderful result Pawel. Creative and wonderful images. v cheers

Rosemarie Kusserow		01-Apr-2009 20:10
Beautiful effect you reached with this petroleum jelly Pawel, I really enjoyed, please give us more, vote, Rosemarie :o)

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