Lurker
by Germaine

Comment:
Not only great use of the LB with all that blur but the image is telling a spooky story as well :)

Pedestrian
by Germaine

Comment:
Like Zigomar was thinking of more focus I was thinking of more contrast however, neither are really needed as sometimes the simple shots need to be left, well, simple :)

Excalibur II
by Leo

Comment:
I think I may disagree with Deb & Rina below and whilst its a close call I think I prefer the wider view of the other shot - more lensbaby stuff going on in the left of the other picture. Both are great shots mind you.

Excalibur I
by Leo

Comment:
did you know that boats were made for the Lensbaby?

Repairs
by Melethia

Comment:
This is pretty darn good Deb, you seem to find these great locations with ease, whats your secret?

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by krnodil

Comment:
Well, thats 4 excellent images from this single spot Karen, all the same but all so very different :)

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by krnodil

Comment:
The motion is great here but my brain keeps saying the post isn't vertical and its stopping me from getting involved :(

Street Scene
by Germaine

Comment:
I do like the 2 stop signs, they make me, well, stop and view some more :) Am guessing this is close to 'your' street?

happy
by krnodil

Comment:
Karen, thanks for this and if I may I'll use it to try and make a point...

A few years ago I read a thread here at dpc about this new fangled lens called the Lensbaby, well, tbh I thought the images it produced were pretty lame and discarded it as a rather bad fad that would never catch on.

Today I'm submitting LB images to maybe 60% of the challenges I enter and reckon 50% of the voters probably feel like I did way back then. I don't think we will see many LB ribbons here at dpc but hopefully SC's like this will help the unwashed masses realise that the LB is here to stay and will often produce a better in camera effect than many of the PS gods can come up with.

My short time with both the LB and (previously) the pinhole is all down to you Karen, jeez, I even submitted a pinhole image in a masters free study!



Back to the image, well, this is superb Karen, I struggle with the +10 but might go out and try again now.

Hayfield
by Leo

Comment:
This shot has so much going for it, first off it was taken with a LB :) the first bale is spot on for composition and focus, then you have the different cuts of the field and those great highlights on the bales. Thats a pretty sweet image so well done!