Here are a few shots taken with my new Lensbaby 2.0

http://www.lensbabies.com/







Thanks to MarkS and Speednut (Dave) for the insperation!
Jim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimz68/sets/

 

oo how do you like it, Those are of growing interest to me.


I love the selective focus (1st pic is my favorite of the group)

 

Those look quite interesting. Good job.

I love how things start to look like toys with such a short DoF. I'll have to think about picking one up.

 

Looks ok
I think the purest's will not be that keen imo
The price too is a bit steep - if your gonna fake dof then you can achieve similar results in ps and save the money
If the price was -£100 mark then id be sucked in :D
plus its the most bizarre looking lense ive ever seen

 

On the ontrary I think purists will greatly favor the lensbaby over photoshop. I certainly do. I always want to get one but agree the price is too steep for essentially a zero-element lens. I wonder if I can make one out of some tubing from home depot?

 

Lensbabies are the world's cheapest tilt-shift lenses.

Generally tilt-shift lenses are used to correct for perspective, to keep lines from converging toward a vanishing point, but it's much more interesting to use them to create "problems" like you see in the Lensbaby photos.

From: http://photonotes.org/cgi-bin/entry.pl?id=Tiltshiftlens

 

I see you're already having fun with it, Jim! Glad you got it. I like the shots.

I tend to be a "purist" and I think they're great. Trying to get a similar effect by faking it in PS would be pretty difficult, IMO. Doing it in-camera is a lot more fun. And if you want to see strange looking, check out the Lensbaby 3G!

Mark

 

Nice!!!

 

Those are cool pics Jim. I like how the light falls on the steering wheel.


Whoah! I checked out the site and noticed the 3G, and it is definitely expensive! (glad I got an original when I did)

 

How much were they? The average tilt shift I see is about 10x the cost.

 

The Lensbaby 3G is $270, the 2.0 $150, and the Original $96. The effect is a bit different than what you'd get with a "regular" tilt-shift lens: you get an area of focus rather than a complete plane of sharp focus. So it's not quite a replacement for a tilt-shift lens but more its own thing and very nice, IMO. I've got the 2.0.

More info (and lots of pics in their forum) at http://www.lensbabies.com/

Mark

 

I'd say the lensbaby is a bit more of a cross between a tilt-shift camera and a controllable quality Holga. It's a retro-grouch fan type of lens that forces you to slow down and shoot with manual focus and exposure. It would be a complete PITA to try and damage your photos in photochomp to achieve the same look. My $.02, I get to have as much creative fun as friends with Holgas, yet none of the hassles with film and all the benefits of digital.

B&H Photo has a nice review of the Lensbaby 3G here.

I joined Jimz68 last Saturday and this is what I came up with using my lensbaby on the Ferrari Challenge Stradale duo that was present.






I also brought my fish eye lens and experimented with it too...

Why does this remind me of a Joe Camel advertisement?






I love how this makes Jimz68's MCS look truncated.

 

That's great!! Nice photos, Dave!
Jim

 

I dig the fisheye.
The lensbaby makes my eyes hurt, like I've got gloucoma (sp?).

 

Thank you - I've been thinking about getting one and you've helped me make up my mind! Awesome photos!

 

cool pics, I like the lensbaby thing

 

Nice shots Jim. I've been wanting a lensbaby... Good stuff.

 

Just stumbled across this thread on a totally unrelated search. Nicely done!

 

I like to how things start to look like toys with such a short DoF. I'll have to think about picking one up.