Yes. The effect is entirely in camera. I'm using a modified, vintage, Soviet-era lens known as the Helios 44. It's acclaimed for it's "swirly" bokeh. Flipping the front lens element backwards greatly amplifies the lens' native distortion.
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Impressive. I wouldn't know where to begin to attempt it restricted to my camera and lens alone.
Though in giving it some thought, I suspect my modest Canon cannot achieve such effects. Certainly not with a stock lens. Still, I'll have to do some reading in the manual to see what can be done outside the computer.
Though in Photoshop I might be able to put "a spin" or two on it. Liberal use of radial and gaussian blurring over multiple layers. In time for the fall season...
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I just took this one probably less than an hour ago and almost immediately turned it into the new home screen for my cellphone to have for the fall. It just looked like home screen material when I saw how it turned out.
You can do it with a Canon EF to M42 adapter if you want a Helios lens. You can find them pre-modded in good nick on eBay for about $75 USD, shipped. The larger problem you'll encounter is I believe your dSLR has the APS-C cropped sensor, so you lose the best part of the image to the cropping. The lens is designed for a full 35mm film frame or corresponding sensor.
Thanks.
This all made me realize how much I depend on the "digital darkroom" (Photoshop) rather than to consider what can be done with a camera and lens.
Interesting too in recalling a conversation with @Rodafina about using an inexpensive adapter to mount an old Canon FD lens to fit one of my old film camera lenses that would give me a manual ability to utilize macro functions that my DSLR lenses lack. Your Helios lens reminded me of when I once was considering getting a super wide-angle fisheye lens back when I was shooting only 35mm film. But the effect of the Helios is far more interesting. Must be fun to play with...
LOL....I just remembered my fun with Cokin filters about a million years ago when I did 35mm film photography:
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