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LOLOL Hi Aaron, not sure I like the way you opened my quote but apart
from that, I agree.

Cheers,

Wayne

Wayne J. Cosshall
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Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/
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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