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Lens Baby Alley
Lens Baby Alley
jackal9


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Challenge: The Hidden City (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Cordell Alley
Date: Dec 24, 2007
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 125th
Galleries: Architecture, Blur
Date Uploaded: Dec 24, 2007

 Just playing with th new lens baby, lol.

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 84
Avg (all users): 5.5153
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 4.9189
Avg (non-participants): 5.6302
Views since voting: 699
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 229
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 03/12/2008 06:57:16 AM
Just bouncing around DPC and find myself revisiting this great shot. I see I gave it a 9 at the time -- would bump that up, now that the "theme" seems less important.
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 01/08/2008 07:54:32 PM
Maybe cropping in closer on the left side, including the tree shadow, but not the meter on the wall, might be better.
Try some LensBaby shots on carnival rides.
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 01/02/2008 08:12:57 PM
Very nice effect with the colours. Quintessentially hidden city too.
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 01/02/2008 11:54:54 AM
Interesting effect. It makes me feel like I trying to find my way home after a drunken binge.
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 01/01/2008 11:37:07 PM
Happy New Year jack....Nice job playing with what I am guessing was a Christmas present. This feels like I am falling through time to this alley (it made me think of the first terminator film)

Love the fact that even with the new lens you have still managed to keep the colours so vibrant throught the shot
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 01/01/2008 09:05:56 PM
The lensbaby works REALLY well for this - definitely adds the sense of hidden or secret. Love the effect and the color. It has that lovely late evening glow to it.
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 01/01/2008 07:31:07 PM
I wish I could figure mine out. You did a great job adding quite a bit of punch to go with the colors and lighting.
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 01/01/2008 07:27:07 PM
Yay you are back! Learning how to put a new twist on your urban shots? lol. The lensbaby is cool, but I like the light and shadow in this as well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2008 11:57:47 AM
WOot Lens baby's rock!
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 01/01/2008 10:50:48 AM
Trippy. Great colors.
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 01/01/2008 03:36:58 AM
I'd love to get a lensbaby and try shots like this. It's so unique.
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 12/31/2007 03:45:23 PM
A reasonably good site.....Lensbabies don't work for me one iota; just haven't acquired a taste for the effect, may never. Good composition, lighting, and processing, though.....
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 12/31/2007 04:27:10 AM
good shot.
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 12/30/2007 12:04:51 PM
When we glance at the hidden, unattractive back alleys and electric meters, out attention usually highlights just a couple of key aspects while the rest could just as easily be blurred and unnoticed. The lens baby effect imitates this well, which I appreciate somewhat to my surprise (I like many kinds of blur, but usually don't like the lens baby results).
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 12/29/2007 07:39:21 AM
The fact that this makes me dizzy is kinda of cool.
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 12/28/2007 10:36:45 AM
This is one of the first great uses of a lens baby I've seen. Very interesting!
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 12/27/2007 08:10:48 PM
i love this effect. if i owned a lens baby i would never take it off my camera ;)
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 12/27/2007 06:00:39 PM
ouch. my eyes.
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 12/26/2007 12:56:54 PM
Great Effect! :)
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 12/26/2007 12:50:24 AM
Ohhh, this makes me sick to look at it. I dont mind the shot but I think it is not level. How did you do this effect in basic?
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