Tried to duplicate the lensbabies effect with software treatment of a 'normal' image. I've attached a 'before' and 'after' pair of images and I'd be interested in your comments. After a few days of trying the LB with both digital and film equipment, I'm hooked, and most interestingly my subjects have been curious and extra-willing to pose as a result of seeing the lensbaby in action. http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,381#msg-381 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:45:01 -0700 Phorum 5.2.8 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,392#msg-392 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,392#msg-392
Actually only a little bluring was applied to the images. I'm experimenting with lens correction/distortion software, and off-centre masks to re-create the special lensbaby look.

It's definitely more fun with a camera and lensbaby!]]> MarkT General Discussion Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:54:41 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,382#msg-382 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,382#msg-382
Looks like gaussian blur to me, a well-known and useful Photoshop effect. The lensbaby, it seems to me, acts differently in where and how it introduces blur. It seems to give the blur a certain *direction*, in part because the blur gets heavier and more pronouned towards the edge of the picture. Gaussian blur doesn't have that quality, and it doesn't give you the slight sense of vertigo that many people experience when they look at a lensbaby picture. Not that you couldn't duplicate the lensbaby effect in software...but this isn't quite it, to my eye. Interesting try though!]]> scribe General Discussion Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:34:20 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,381#msg-381 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?1,381,381#msg-381
After a few days of trying the LB with both digital and film equipment, I'm hooked, and most interestingly my subjects have been curious and extra-willing to pose as a result of seeing the lensbaby in action.]]> MarkT General Discussion Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:06:12 -0700