Re: Lensbaby Sponsored Selective Blur Photography Competition

In article <AUP3i.3311$y_7.864@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Paul Furman  <paul-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>David Kilpatrick wrote:
>> myemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>> 
>>> Anyone with the least bit of rudimentary editing skills can replicate 
>>> these disastrous "lensbaby" results in post-processing, EXACTLY. 
>>>
>> 
>> OK - do this in Photoshop - replicate the complex aberration artefacts 
>> in this f2 shot from the 3G -
>> 
>> http://www.pbase.com/davidkilpatrick/image/79029143/original.jpg
>
>Ha, great example!
>There's the issue of foreground/background overlaps as well which is a 
>LOT of work to fake in photoshop.

I wonder how long this kind of effect stays 'fresh'. I guess is that if
you have seen 5 watch images with these kinds of effects, you want
something
else. 

To me this looks like a gimmick. Interesting the first time you see it,
but does distract from the real subject.


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