"JoeBS" <myemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 May 2007 18:00:37 -0400, Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04
> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>DBLEXPOSURE wrote:
>>
>>>> To me this looks like a gimmick. Interesting the first time you see
>>>> it, but does distract from the real subject.
>>>
>>> Actually, the opposite is true, the selective focus draws the eye
>>> towards the sweetspot. The concept is not new and the Lensbaby has
>>> been around for a while as well. It makes for some very nice
>>> ****trait work, as with any effect it can be overdone but when used
>>> effectively, stunning images result.
>>> http://www.lensbabies.com/index.php?page=lb2/galleries
>>
>>Sorry, I'm just not feeling it with these images. It simply doesn't
make
>>any sense to ruin the possibility of having great ****trait shots with
this
>>dime-store gimmick.
>>
>
> That was my feeling exactly when I saw what Lensbaby was for and can do.
I
> can
> get better effects from a kid's $10 "Bug Eye -- See the world as a Bug
> Does!"
> plastic optics set I found in a tourist trap one time. A photographer
> should
> take excellent images to start with, then you can always do anything you
> want to
> them. Even ruin them, into effects like Lensbaby creates, in
> post-processing.
> But you can't go back and get those photos again once Lensbaby has
already
> ruined the source image for you. No different then letting the camera
put
> the
> date and time stamp on your photo. You can't remove it later when you
> realize
> what an error it was to let something ruin your source image.
>
> Amateurish, to say the least.
>
> If there was a world-vote for the most amateurish photo gimmick ever
> marketed,
> Lensbaby would win top honors.
Yeah, and who are you?
"Lensbaby 3G is a mature image-making tool for the kid in all of us."
--Bob Krist
Do you know who Bob is?
Bob Krist is a freelance photographer who works regularly on assignment
for
magazines such as National
Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, and Islands.
http://www.bobkrist.com/about/index.php
The BS is for Bull****? Now Rita has an opinion and that's fine, at least
she doesn't hind behind the BS.
You don't like it, fine. As I said above, I have sat down with more than a
few, people with names, who find it an interesting and useful tool.
Some like to do things as they allays have, dress right dress and covered
down, don't experiment, use the tried-and-true, Yawn. others like to have
a
little fun once in a while and step outside of the box.
Asking again, Who are you?
Patrick Ziegler
www.imgequest.ifp3.com
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