We are pretty much an Amazon Wish List family and rely
heavily on it when one or another gift-giving opportunity arises. So just for the heck of it, I put a Lensbaby
on my Amazon Wish List. Still it was a
complete surprise when I opened my birthday gift from Greg this year and there
it was.
In case you have never heard of the Lensbaby, it is a
creative tool that mounts directly onto your SLR and allows you to tilt the
lens for imaginative effects. It would
take too long here to try to explain why and how this works and I’m not sure I
could do it anyhow. If you click on the yellow Lensbaby above, it will take you to their website that can tell you more. But I think it will
be great fun messing around with this lens.
Today I am going to post a few photos I took with the
Lensbaby. The pictures of the bowl of
marbles are not what I was expecting at all.
I was going to delete the whole batch but when I looked at them closer,
I liked the shapes of the light reflecting off of the marbles so I decided to
keep them and to do a few abstracts.
The daylily and daisy pics give a better idea of what kind
of focus can be done with the Lensbaby. They
are both pretty crummy pictures though. I
am going to keep practicing until I get it to do what I want it to do.
And here is a self-portrait I took using it. I like that it is a bit blurry around the
edges because most of the time, that’s how I feel.
18 comments:
really like the selfie!!! waving hello. :)
my friend in Wis has a lensbaby. she likes it a lot.
My eyes hurt:) Greetings from Brasov!
You are going to have fun..no wait, you are having fun! wonder who won the one on photo dough
I have never heard of one of these lenses but it takes pretty cool pic. I like the self portrait. I do find the first two hard on the eyes though. Have fun with it.
It wasn't me. I was hoping it was you.
Hi Barbara, lensbaby is one of my wish list too. What lens you've got. I like the shots. ^_^ Thanks for the visit.
I got the Lensbaby Composer. Still trying to learn my way around it. Hope you get one, Kim.
Believe we missed a birthday in there - Happy (belated) Birthday. You should check out Lauren Hartman's blog - a few months back she got a Lensbaby and did some pretty nice stuff with it. Enjoy your new toy.
i love those daisys and YOU. i will take a look at it.
What an adventure. Wonderful pictures. Wishing you only happy a sight and much fun. Please have a good Friday.
Never heard of it until now, but I like the results! I'm anxious to see more photos. I like the angles and perspectives of the flowers. I'm sure you'll have fun learning what it can do!
ilove it all especially that last one
I can tell I would LOVE a Lensbaby. Hmmmm.
Ahhhh, have fun with the new gadget. I have a friend who has one and enjoys what can be done with it. Enjoy!
Very Cool! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Self Portrait!
love those artsy pictures!
i especially love your self portrait!
Awesome self portrait! So much character.
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