Instagramis awash with photographers who are obsessed with using depth of field techniques to create incredible shots and astound the eye. Throw in a few refractions, reflections and real-world locations and you’ve got a perfect mix to create some great looking photos.
In admiring some of these images we came across a simple glass ball known asLensballbeing introduced to capture a new perspective on the world. This little glass sphere creates some pretty interesting effects in already amazing images.
Check out some of the best images we found during our Instagram travels and if you’re as amazed as we were then you can buy your own Lensball.
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Is it raining light bulbs? Dazzling light, delightful colours and a dash of inversion help create a wonderfully striking photo.
This imagetaken in Austin, Texas successfully captures the beauty of the inner city at night.
Sunset photos are a strong Instagram favourite.
Theflipped perspectivecreated with Lensball only adds to the majesty of natural colours created as the sun goes down. The image casts clouds, colours and a flipped horizon into the spherical glass and the results are fantastic.
Drinking fountain
Apparently putting a Lensball into a drinking fountain creates some pretty interesting results too. The water seemingly disappears inside the ball, while an ocean writhes around into the globe. Are we looking through a portal into a stormy other world?
The lights cast brilliant colours onto both the fountain and the sphere while fading off into the blurry background. Certainly another impressiveimage by Josh.
Lighting the way
Joshclearly has a keen eye for what will work. In a corridor with some pretty funky lighting, the Lensball helps create an interesting new perspective.
The twisting lines of the light lead the eye into the depths of the hall and make us wonder what’s at the end.
Christmas lights
We’d imaginethis lighting was already incredibly impressiveeven without the introduction of the bokeh photography.
Here all the wonders of the colours and intricate details of the light are neatly captured in the tiny ball - both highlighted and hidden at the same time.
Lights wrapped around the world
On a cold winter’s night,this flipped photoshows the twinkling lights wrapped around nearby trees.
Liquid reflections add to the atmosphere of the image and create an incredible perspective.
US Capitol Building
Another incredible Lensball user - Steven Schulz (@sshoolz) - creates some impressive photography results with the humble glass sphere. In this photo, he apparently manages to holdthe US Capitol Building in his hand.
Reflections for days
In another building photo, Steven Schulz manages to please the eye with multiple satisfying reflections.
These images work so well at night when the lighting really shines. The tiny crystal clear building is brilliantly captured within the sphere.
Reflecting on Einstein
A wet autumn day makes fora perfect snap of Einstein’s statueapparently staring at his own reflection in the glass ball before him.
The lights at the edges of the sphere make it almost shimmer like a bubble.
