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Old 10-27-2008, 09:22 PM
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I wondered if people had used those craft punches rather than cutting them out... do you know the ones I mean? Little plastic things that you slide the paper into as if it was a hole punch.

They make very small punches, how big/small does the hole have to be? I reckon judging by amy-rose's photo of her camera that these punches would be perfect.


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Well.... I gave it a go, and you're right, getting the hole small enough apparently takes a bit more manual dexterity than my hands can come up with. I made a basic heart shape (more of a lopsided blob actually) and ended up with kind of lumpy-gravy-looking bokeh, but most of my photo was vignetted by the filter so the effect just wasn't as good. BUT the theory is sound, and I have a nice filter device all ready and waiting for my nifty-fifty which I'll be likely getting myself for Christmas.

Already I'm thinking snowflaky bokeh might be pretty.
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