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Oh I don’t know…for only getting it at Christmas, you’re do well with the LB. Very nice composition. The LB should fit your style like a glove.

You did a great job Deb! Love it!

I like the effect and I also like the blurred figure in the background.

oooo….i love it, Deb!!!

Great first attempt. I don’t know anything about lensbaby, but this looks great.

Wonderful imabe Deb :)

image even LOL

Just beautiful Deb! Such a handsome young man!!

Love it Deb.. if I had a fortune I would get me one of those.. lol

I like the effect, it really suits your style, the perfect Christmas gift!

Excellent image Deb! for a first attempt you did a smashing job, can’t wait to see what you come up with when you get to grips with the baby.

yes keep this up.. this is fantastic.. Can’t wait for more, awesome effect and a beautiful capture Deb

This is very beautiful Deborah. I love how your boy is surounded in light too and looks so happy!

wonderful capture!!!!!!

love the sweetspot and the gorgeous blur of the b/g wonderful….......lucky girl
xkc

I absolutely love it. This is a fantastic shot I say keep it up. It is so different but yet so cool.
I really like it

OHHH I LIKE this! Keep playing with whatever a lensbaby is lol. I think I am going to look that up. Curiosity is killing me = )

Good stuff debs! saves all that selecting and gaussian bluring! Very nice shot!

OK, I now know what a Lensbaby is!!

http://www.lensbabies.com/

Deb, you have certainly produced a great shot here, fine work with the new gizmo!

Fantastic effort Deb!!! There is just gonna be now stopping you now girl oh-she-who-is-on-Santa’s-favourite list ;)

great first attempt – can’t wait to see more…

“Focus SLR lenses that bring one area of your photo into sharp focus, with that “sweet spot” surrounded by gradually increasing blur. You can move the sweet spot to any part of your photo by bending the lens.

Lensbabies are perhaps the simplest way to add a completely new dimension to your photography.” quote from www.lensbabies.com
So now we all Know,lol. Nice work for your first attempt! I can see some awesome shots forthcoming Deb as this should fit your style very well!

I think you should keep it. It seems like enough of us like it. I vote for keeps.

I like the background figure too – great work deb

Wonderful work!

Beautifully composed shot…Love the softness to it too…exceptional BW shot

Wonderful capture. Love your work. Nice

Oooooh….I see great things coming from you with this new lens!
Keep it. Definitely keep it up I say. :) I too am drawn to the BG.
It’s amazing how much emotion 2 blurry legs + a bent head can convey!

Wonderful shot Deb, full of lotsof joy. I bet you had a similar smile wen you opened up the lensbaby for Christmas! I agree with you about the figure in the background.. you could get some great mysterious effects of people like that, which I think would suit the narrative of your work.. looking forward to seeing more…

beautiful!

Great composition, great DOF

Another wonderful narrative with so few elements Deb. If your in your artistic infancy with the lens baby, (whatever that might be), then your already a child prodigy.

Ohhh so beautiful

That looks fantastic Deb! Great work!

Keep it up!

Great start Deb – New toys for Christmas are fun (i’ll confirm when mine turns up in the post!)

Can’t wait to see what it’ll be like when you get the hang of it as this is fantastic

This has a lovely feel to it – well done!

just fantastic ,Deb.

I really like it, its still very ‘you’ but a little different. I am keen to see this lensbaby work evolve :)

This image is just fine Deborah.. It seems to do just what you wanted it too.. Expression and even the sheen on the wet sand ? It works for me.. Mood

I agree, I really like it :) I really like the blurred effect and the implied parallel perspectives of the two subjects in dark coats… :)

Personally Deborah, I think it’s fantastic — especially for one of your first attempts.
I can’t wait to see what else you and your lensbaby have in store for us.

This is stunning Deb – a perfect image

Very nice debs – lovely shot too. I never much fancied trying the Lensbabys. I suppose its a personal preference. I look forward to seeing what you can do with it.

Excellent photo well done

Yes! Great image… the secondary figure really makes the shot for me… love your tonal work as always!

WOW !BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS Deb…HAPPY NEW YEAR …HEALTH ,LOVE AND CREATIVITY …XXX

Strong portrait and, indeed, the figure in the background is facinating. His, or her, shadow in the sand is totally different then the figure itself. Facinating effect. Hope you will once explain to me what a lensbaby is and what it does.

you’re gonna have lots of fun with your new lensbaby, I once did an effect on a photo and a message came to me as such : “great effect! did you use a lens baby?” and i replied, yes baby i used a lens ” so thats when i found out what a lensbaby was :P nice image, im sure we will see more from your great new addition. have fun!

Excellent

cool Deb…. great effect with the LB…. dont take this down… sweet image… I expect some amazing pics if this is just the learning faze and your not happy with it… I would be rapt with a pic like this in my portfolio… hope you had a great new year…

Looks like a good start to me…..I have seen this type of lens advertised but never quite understood what they do…

looks great, Deb. wonderful image and intriguing effect. can’t wait to see more lens baby work from you. would love to hear what you think of it. did you get the 2.0, the 3G? Aren’t you impressed that I’m pretending to know what that means? :)

Absolutely wonderful!

Thats a fantastic first attempt Deb!! great shot and loving the softness! also love Abe’s expession – i love photo’s of people laughing, it makes you smile looking at it. beautiful work!

great image !

great shot!!

You know, Ikeep coming back to this image….... I think it is because Abe still looks like such a sweetheart and it encourages me to know that my beautiful 13month old can still be this adorable when he is older!

Great shot

Not sure how I missed this one…glad you kept it up. A fantastic capture, Deb. Hope you are having fun with your new toy.

looks fantastic i think i need a lensbaby thingy