Shot with the Lensbaby, purposely didn't try to get anything in focus much. Wouldn't really have mattered if I tried to get something in focus, now that I think about it. I rarely manage to do that well with the LB. Which is more than half the fun of the thing!
I think the ring was either the f/4 or the f/5.6. Or it could have been the f/2.8 but I do think it was one of the other two.
A demo action from Totally Rad with the layers tweaked to taste.
[Sep. 27th, 2009 02:52:04 PM]
This did a whole lot better than I expected it to! Thanks!! (And a nod to Peter for the fav during voting - always a delight!)
Oh, and this is a complete candid - no idea who the person is and I'm pretty sure she didn't even notice.
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Absolutely compelling! I agree with Yanko!
I credited you with someone else's image in this challenge.....Sorry Deb! I do love this one, especially the shadow of the traffic lights on the wall.....and the sixties feel.....it's those knee high white boots.... Congrats on the well deserved Posthumous post blur! ....
gave this an 8. was going to comment during voting but was worried that what I wanted to say might sound 'arty' or pretentious.
(Anyway, I know what I like, guv.) lol
there are other out of focus city shots, but I think this one works. It has very controlled hues and great work on the tones. I like the balance of the poles and am glad you included both - they compliment/mimic the corner of the building. Very well seen and taken. 8
Now this I love. I can't say it enough, there's just something about the lensbaby oof that's so darned good. Add to that, it's an interesting street scene with deliberate partial desat to accentuate the signal and complete the story, and you have a great recipe.
I'd say this was Zigomar's entry, but there's no green in it ;)
I avoided the Lensbaby for this one because I felt that since the lens is all about selective focus and because that act of focussing is (for me) the very essence of its use, its applicability for this challenge would seem a little diminished. -every unfocussed element becomes a choice.
However, your choice of selective focus is very clever and sufficiently obtuse to fulfil a 'missed criteria': having said all that, I'm really only scoring on whether I find the use of blur / focus / lack of focus compelling - in this case I do. 7.
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