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Lensbaby Sponsored Selective Blur Photography Competition
LOLOL Hi Aaron, not sure I like the way you opened my quote but apart
from that, I agree. Cheers, Wayne Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ Publisher, Experimental Digital Photography http://www.experimentaldigitalphotography.com Personal art site http://www.cosshall.com/ Aaron wrote: And lo, Wayne J. Cosshall emerged from the ether and spake thus: It seems to me from what I am reading here, and it is obvious from prior discussions, both here and elsewhere, is that there are two quite fundamentally different approaches to photography: 1. do it in camera when you take the shot 2. do it afterwards to a 'clean' image Which one we lean most towards impacts on our respond to gear like the lensbaby. Some of the people posting would benefit from learning that neither of these approaches is right or wrong, just different and that they will suit different people or may suit you differently at different times in your life. Cheers, Wayne Let me add something else to that thought, Wayne. I generally agree, but I also think that tightly zoomed pictures of flowers or your cat's face are probably more aesthetically exciting through the eye of a Lensbaby. If you take the photo "straight" with the best lens you have and then manipulate it to death with software to get the effect, all you've lost is time. What's the point of having yet another crisply focused and completely yawn-inspiring photograph of a yellow tulip or your pet iguana eating up hard drive space? That's the question I pose to those who are resistant to "creative" gobos and lenses, of which the Lensbaby 3G is a very good example. Putting some creative flavor between the sensor and a menagerie of incredibly overdone and boring subjects can still create serious art. It's not so much (for me) about saving money by using software instead of a "gimmick" lens, it's about holding up the camera and seeing the world in live-action selective focus; it can really give you ideas. Here are a couple of things I've done with it. "Remember, Remember the Fifth of November" http://preview.tinyurl.com/3cpvl6 "Harkness and the Lensbaby" http://preview.tinyurl.com/3d7z2n |
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