Bob W wrote: > You just get a lot of gimmicky shots that very rapidly tire and become > dated. Show me a great photographer whose work has lasted for more than > 15 minutes and you'll see that they don't have gimmicks, they have > something interesting to say, a personal vision and the ability to > communicate it. > Great photography is about the subject matter, not the technique. > Technical skills are there to serve the subject, and should be > invisible.
I'm more into upgrading the photographer, rather than the equipment at present. I did get a Lensbaby Composer last year (I think they have replaced it with a Composer Pro), in part because it was the first time I saw one on eBay for a Pentax mount, and because I thought I'd just put the very cheap opening bid on it. Much to my surprise - and to that of the disgruntled seller who should have put a reserve on it - that was the only bid it got. I'm fairly certain I could produce a very similar effect to this in PS Elements if I really tried, although in part I still want to get as much as I can in camera at the time. I know they do a range of lenses now, but the prices new are the sort of money I'd prefer spent on real glass, so even as an owner I feel they aren't the real deal. I'm sure a really serious photographer could get a lot out of them (for a while), but say spending the money on a normal wide angle lens instead, the uses would be endless. Let's just say I'm happy with my purchase, but only because it was about a quarter of the new price for a boxed mint example. I have come to the conclusion the some effects are done better in software, and some of the products from Topaz Labs have caught my eye. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
