By anil on 2008-08-09 16:47:45 - 19 days ago.

It flowered

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We brought the tubers of this plant from Bangkok a few months ago... planted it and forgot about it. On our recent return home, it was in bud and beginning to flower. There is another... a yellow one maybe... hope that one flowers too.
Photo taken with a Lensbaby.

 

 

 

 

 

By anil on 2008-02-10 13:50:23 - 6 months and 18 days ago.

Going soft

0080210Flowers with the lensbaby, soft focus.

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2/12/08
AND, not so soft...
Here is one with selective area in sharp focus and let the rest fall where it may!
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By anil on 2008-01-27 19:53:20 - 7 months and 1 day ago.

Lensbaby, day 2

0080127Taking another crack at the Lensbaby,  getting the hang of the focus.. lighting with a wireless strobe for a bit more «pop» in the images.

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By anil on 2008-01-26 19:09:27 - 7 months and 2 days ago.

Play time, new «toy» just arrived - Lensbaby!

0080126One helluva toy! The Lensbaby 2.0 is here. Could not wait to try it out. What a fun lens this is. Will write more about the lens later [some info is posted here]and will definitely post new images... right now it is time to post the first experimental images. I still have to get used to the focus «sweet spot» and the manual handling of the focus and tilt/shift type bellow... for now here is what I got in the first 10 minutes of opening the box.

Lensbaby test 2The blur effect makes these photos look like paintings, the effect is done by tilting the lens up or down - the extent of the blur depending on the f-stop and extent of tilt.

More here.