DIY your own lens hood with custom shape

With this simple DIY lens hood you will be able to create a shape of your choice on a blur image. What you need is a 50mm F1.8 lens. Best is to have the new Nikon 50mm F1.4 cause the largest the aperture the resulting effect will be better.

First get a sheet of contruction paper. Shape it to the size of the lens then at the middle cut out a shape you like.

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Secondly once you have completely attach it to the lens, it is now ready to set your camera aperture to the lowest value (mean largest aperture opening).

Lastly just take a few shot and try to shoot at different angle.

Some sample shots:

Sample shot 1

Sample shot 2

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