Since my last blog post about the Lytro Light Field camera, the company has introduced a new feature called Perspective shift that allows users to change their point of view a few degrees to the left or right, as if you were shifting your head the slightest bit to look around a corner.

This new feature also allows you to bring all areas of your living pictures into maximum focus at the same time you shift your perspective.  The end effect is sort of like a mini version of “bullet time” from the Matrix movies.

Best practices to get the maximum effect out of your images is to have a lot of depth to your image, so that the degree of motion is more apparent when using the perspective shift feature.

Here are many of my best Lytro images that utilize the feature:

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/587605

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592454

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592452

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/587588

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/470054

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/571621

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/571617

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/470055

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592460

Lytro also introduced several Art filters since my last post that allow you to add several creative effects to your living pictures.  It takes a lot of experimentation to see which filters work best on which photos, here are a few examples of filters I’ve applied to Lytro photos.

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592478

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592474

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592479

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592482

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592476

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592477

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592461

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592473

Burning Question… But does Lytro take photos of Cats?

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592455

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/587610

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/587591

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/587601

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/470057

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/470059

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/470062

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/587613

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592451

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592475

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592453

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592456

https://pictures.lytro.com/petertsai/pictures/592483

So now there are new reasons to enjoy using your Lytro camera.  With the added dimensions that these new options give, the surreal Lytro photos are definitely more interesting.  I’m looking forward to seeing what else the company does in the future and I’m rossing my fingers for higher resolution in the next iteration of the camera.