Re: Lensbaby Sponsored Selective Blur Photography Competition

"David Kilpatrick" <iconmags3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 wrote:
>> You realize that all this "lensbaby" stuff is nothing but spam don't
you?
>>
>> I've seen the samples photos of how this piece of crap optic-toy ruins 
>> good
>> glass.
>>
>> Anyone with the least bit of rudimentary editing skills can replicate 
>> these
>> disastrous "lensbaby" results in post-processing, EXACTLY. (Zoom-blur
on 
>> subject
>> focus, apply graduated gaussian blur, done. So simple there are even 
>> plugins to
>> do it in one step.) Why ruin the original photo by putting this 
>> over-priced-crap
>> toy on your lens? Keep the original photo intact and do these
ridiculous 
>> effects
>> later if you must.

It is always better to get the work done in camera.  The more you dink 
around in PS the more artifacts, noise etc. you add and the more
information 
you loose.

Your little rant full of condescending adjectives reveals your ignorance.

I have sat with many masterful photographers who love the Lensbaby.

Expensive?  I could buy many Lensbabys for what I pay for glass.

It takes some patience and practice to get good with, I can tell by the
way 
you write that you have little patience and probably think practice is a 
waste of time.

I can also tell by the way you hide behind some bull-**** handle that your

just another NG troll.

How can a lens ruin good glass?  Just dumb.
Patrick Ziegler
www.imagequest.ifp3.com