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06/19/2006 10:17:09 AM · #1 |
I finally broke down and bought a Lensbaby 2.0 last week. I haven't had much time to really experiment seriously with it, but here are a few photos I made over the weekend with it...
//www.pbase.com/jmsetzler/lensbaby_20
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06/19/2006 10:34:07 AM · #2 |
Fun shots, John. I love the instant sense of movement you get with it. I've been using mine at weddings over the last few weeks - specifically reception shots of people dancing. It makes even the smallest/emptiest dance floor look fun and exciting.
Edited to correct my oopsie :P
Message edited by author 2006-06-19 10:38:09.
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06/19/2006 10:35:39 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by idnic:
I've been using mine at weddings over the last few weeks - specifically reception shots of people dancing. It makes even the smallest/emptiest dance floor look fun and exciting. |
There ya go, John. ;)
Message edited by author 2006-06-19 10:35:59. |
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06/19/2006 10:41:19 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by mk:
Originally posted by idnic:
I've been using mine at weddings over the last few weeks - specifically reception shots of people dancing. It makes even the smallest/emptiest dance floor look fun and exciting. |
There ya go, John. ;) |
LOL :)
How ironic :)
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06/19/2006 01:32:16 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Fun shots, John. I love the instant sense of movement you get with it. I've been using mine at weddings over the last few weeks - specifically reception shots of people dancing. It makes even the smallest/emptiest dance floor look fun and exciting.
Edited to correct my oopsie :P |
Do you have some links to those? I would like to look at them.
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06/19/2006 01:35:09 PM · #6 |
| Wow! What is Lensbaby and where can I get it? I have been trying to do a very similar effect to this to replicate the look and feel of 1860's era civil war photographs. |
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06/19/2006 01:38:46 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Do you have some links to those? I would like to look at them. |
here is one - gimme a minute and I'll upload a few more
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06/19/2006 01:52:37 PM · #8 |
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06/19/2006 02:08:09 PM · #9 |
I also got a lensbaby 2.0, very recently.
I had one very quick go with it, and found it was hard to get the focus right.
However, I wonder if I'm expecting too much or the wrong thing.
Cindi, I just looked at the lovely examples you posted in this thread, and I noticed that you even included photos that have pretty much nothing in sharp focus, e.g. pic # 460005.
Perhaps I have the wrong idea about what it should look like.
Another question.... do you find you stick with one aperture disk more than with others? If so, which one do you prefer?
I will eventually get around to practicing with it, and I bet it will grow on me just as it seems to do with most people. |
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06/19/2006 02:12:17 PM · #10 |
I LOVE my LensBaby!!
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06/19/2006 02:12:51 PM · #11 |
Karin - I've played around with all of the aperature disks, but for shots like these below I used the largest one. I don't worry too much about precise focus in these shots because it is very very hard to do with a moving subject and a flexible lens. I get it as close as I can though. I did find that using it get easier and easier with practice.
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06/19/2006 02:38:20 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by idnic:
... I used the largest one. |
I assume that means the f/2.8 equivalent.
Thanks for your response, Cindi - I'll blame YOU if I don't get any better at it with practice ;-) |
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06/19/2006 02:39:20 PM · #13 |
You can get f/2.0 with it if you don't install any of the aperture disks. You get easier focus if you use one of the smaller aperture disks.
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06/19/2006 08:32:19 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Karin - I've played around with all of the aperature disks, but for shots like these below I used the largest one. I don't worry too much about precise focus in these shots because it is very very hard to do with a moving subject and a flexible lens. I get it as close as I can though. I did find that using it get easier and easier with practice. |
It IS difficult when your subjects are moving. Keep trying though.. i love these photos :)
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06/19/2006 08:38:16 PM · #15 |
I wonder how good the Lensbaby Macro Kit works?
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06/19/2006 08:42:59 PM · #16 |
I, personally, am not a fan of most lensbaby shots. (I think it's because I seriously feel dizzy looking at them..lol) However, I think it really works for those baseball shots :)
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06/19/2006 08:47:53 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
I wonder how good the Lensbaby Macro Kit works? |
I didn't buy the macro kit with mine, but I do intend to try it with my extension tubes. I can't imagine them NOT working...
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06/20/2006 09:34:09 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
I wonder how good the Lensbaby Macro Kit works? |
Taken with the macro kit. These are paint blobs in an area 1" x 3/4"
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06/20/2006 10:48:53 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by shanksware:
Originally posted by faidoi:
I wonder how good the Lensbaby Macro Kit works? |
Taken with the macro kit. These are paint blobs in an area 1" x 3/4"
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Have you tried extension tubes?
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06/20/2006 11:09:39 AM · #20 |
  
oo, yeah. i'm liking my lensbaby, baby...
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06/20/2006 11:19:01 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Have you tried extension tubes? |
Nope, don't have any to try with. |
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06/20/2006 11:31:18 AM · #22 |
All "purists" please cover your ears/eyes...
I am having a hard time understanding why I would want a lens baby (unless someone gave me one - *cough*) when I can take an image into photoshop and use any number of effects and filters to achieve the same or better results and still have the original, sharp photo as well.
If anyone can convince me for reasons other than the typical digital art vs. real photography argument, I'm all ears...
ps - GREAT pics btw, John and Cindi. Many may be hard to duplicate exactly in post-proc, but not all of us can be real photographers. :) |
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06/20/2006 11:33:08 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
If anyone can convince me for reasons other than the typical digital art vs. real photography argument, I'm all ears...
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This is a lens that you have to 'want'. It's not something you have to be convinced to buy.
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06/20/2006 11:35:21 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
All "purists" please cover your ears/eyes...
I am having a hard time understanding why I would want a lens baby (unless someone gave me one - *cough*) when I can take an image into photoshop and use any number of effects and filters to achieve the same or better results and still have the original, sharp photo as well.
If anyone can convince me for reasons other than the typical digital art vs. real photography argument, I'm all ears...
ps - GREAT pics btw, John and Cindi. Many may be hard to duplicate exactly in post-proc, but not all of us can be real photographers. :) |
That's it!! When is your birthday??
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06/20/2006 11:37:20 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
... If anyone can convince me for reasons other than the typical digital art vs. real photography argument, I'm all ears... |
Legal for basic challenges (for the diehard DPCr's). ;^) |
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