Sometimes, upgrading the photographer is the same as to tickle his or her curiosity through playing around with a new piece of kit. Even after tiring of a new toy, you may have become better at playing.
I never fell for the lensbaby thing, at least not yet, but gave in to a similar folly a couple of years ago when I got my hands on a lens from a decommissioned x-ray machine. Got some very interesting macro shots with it, after I got it attached to a K bayonet. Special effects, for sure, but gave me a lot of fun and some learning to boot. :-) Jostein Den 8. april 2015 09.25.13 CEST, skrev Malcolm Smith <[email protected]>: >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
