@frankhymus Thanks Frank, that's what I thought too... and it's five rectangles if you count the facia. You're being very stoic about my LB shots... I'll get it out of my system soon!
@joansmor Yes, I am actually Joan and one of the reasons is that it forces you to have a very clear idea of what shot you're trying to capture and then requires you to look much more closely at what you're seeing through the viewfinder to ensure that you will end up with the image you envisaged. Those are skills which I would like to hone and if the LB helps, then it will have been a worthwhile investment.
I'm intrigued by this and as I haven't a clue what 'lensbaby' is I googled it.mi thought people were using some type of photographer jargon to compliment each other!!! Then I'm a photo novice.
@vignouse I can't say how many times I say see the picture as it is and not as you imagine. I think that is what you are saying. You know see with your eyes and not just your heart.
@joansmor I think it's about the difference between subjective vision and objective vision, Joan. When we look with our eyes we filter the view with our hearts and see only the parts of the scene that appeal to us; we ignore completely those things that detract. The camera lens, on the other hand, sees objectively and gives equal weight to everything in the scene and hence the reason, I believe, why we are so often disappointed with the photographs we take of something that pleased us when we saw it. Interestingly, the French word for lens is 'objective'! So I'm trying hard to see what the camera sees objectively and not just what first attracted me subjectively - it's not easy!
I find your LB night photos really interesting - also fascinated by what you've said Joan about your motives and approach to the LB and the images it creates. I find this photo so compelling because it isn't what I expect to see so it makes me look and ask questions.
@jocasta Hi Joy - I hesitate sometimes to write here exactly what my motivations were for a given shot because it makes me sound like an intellectual pseud... which I hope I'm not! The blur here leads your eye out of the shot and not into it so it's rather unsettling to look at. I wanted to make the comparison with the experience of window shopping which is also unsettling because it makes you want things you can't have - well not right then anyway - so like your eye and this photograph, you're forced to stop looking.
You have used your new toy to great effect here - it gives the feel of a drive-past shooting where focus is only on the target; a bit spooky, if I may say so.
Sometimes though, I just take snaps ;~}