Had to convert this one to B&W since parts were blown out. http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88279#msg-88279 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:56:30 -0700 Phorum 5.2.8 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88677#msg-88677 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88677#msg-88677 susabell Show And Tell Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:00:43 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88605#msg-88605 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88605#msg-88605 Keithnc Show And Tell Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:40:06 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88602#msg-88602 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88602#msg-88602 noelleong2000 Show And Tell Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:33:25 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88585#msg-88585 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88585#msg-88585 susabell Show And Tell Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:25:20 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88553#msg-88553 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88553#msg-88553
Regards,
D]]> Duh_Vinci Show And Tell Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:36:00 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88523#msg-88523 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88523#msg-88523 susabell Show And Tell Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:56:58 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88482#msg-88482 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88482#msg-88482 David]]> BearWoodsDavid Show And Tell Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:11:33 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88444#msg-88444 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88444#msg-88444
Thank you Kathleen, Paulo, Scott and Rich for the kind comments.

I am definitely going to try more B&W images. They seem to work well with the lensbaby.]]> susabell Show And Tell Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:07:12 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88390#msg-88390 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88390#msg-88390
This is absolutely gorgeous work.

Rich]]> RichB Show And Tell Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:08:44 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88383#msg-88383 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88383#msg-88383 Scott]]> ScottM Show And Tell Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:00:44 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88381#msg-88381 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88381#msg-88381
My advice ... stop taking color photographs immediately and stop trying to not blow highlights. If all your B&W is a good as this then why do anything else?

Seriously, this photograph has many fine qualities, and one of them is what you lament as blown highlights. If they were not "blown", if for example the image was one of those execrable High Dynamic Range abominations, where every tonal value is rendered with equal weight and fidelity, then the photograph would be very much diminished. The charm of the image is in large part due to the ethereal rendering of the girl, and the contrast (both figuratively and graphically) of that with the nearly Gothic background.

I am convinced that the great magic of photography is the lack of fidelity that it's capable of (in the right hands). What's left unsaid is an important part of the art of it. It makes a bridge between your imagination and mine, and when it's done so well as this photograph, I simply must cross the bridge. Magic!]]> pro bono Show And Tell Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:54:26 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88378#msg-88378 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88378#msg-88378 I love it, Susan, a perfect shot for B&W, it's going right in my Favorites.

Kathleen]]> Kath Show And Tell Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:30:04 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88376#msg-88376 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88376#msg-88376
Forgot to mention critique welcome.

Thanks!
Susan]]> susabell Show And Tell Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:25:34 -0700 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88279#msg-88279 http://lensbaby.com/forum/read.php?10,88279,88279#msg-88279 susabell Show And Tell Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:40:56 -0700