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got a lens baby for Christmas and i'm trying to figure out how it works... seems a manual focus lens may not have been the smartest idea for someone with completely sucky eyesight! ;p

[Rachel Withey]

Oooh enjoy - which one did you get? I'm just looking up optic kits to spend my xmas money on.... Focus looks great to me

[Rachel Withey]

And happy Christmas

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent - Merry Christmas and ejoy

[Taffy]

Had to laugh as I have the same problem! Go with and learn to love the blur. Good first post and looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

[Miley]

Looks good to me me. Hope you had a fabulous Christmas and all the best for 2015

[~~JT]

Merry Christmas and how exciting to have a Lensbaby! :)

[Liane]

looks good to me

[Joan]

Great capture..

[Kane Arlow]

Wow, a lensbaby. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. At least if you slightly miss with the focus with one of those it still looks great.
Oh yes, I love this shot too.

[Junko Y]

I laughed, too, because I have the same problem! But @vankrey has taught me that it takes a lot of practice, and most of all, figuring out the "genre" in terms of what and how to photograph that's for a different effect. For example, I figured out that photographing groups of people is NOT usually a good idea, but photographing in a bright video arcade was fun! (I just tried to find the photo I planned to show you and it's only on the student travel blog and I hadn't posted it to 365 yet so I'll be doing a flurry to posts and will tag you on the lens baby one.) HAVE FUN!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

I like this -- I have a long way to go with my lens baby - focusing manually is hard for me, too.

[☠northy]

@taffy @jyokota tx... i feel like i need a lens baby support group right now ;p i actually do like strategic blur, and often add it in in post, so i'm expecting this to be a bit frustrating until i figure out how to control it!

Junko - please do tag me when you post your shot... i would definitely be interested!

[Gabi]

This is pretty good for a new toy. Looking forward to some other shots.

[Timothy Hernandez]

Very cool shot.

[Corinne]

Great !

[emily tull]

great

[Sheralee S]

Well, I think you nailed it, beautiful image Northy. I think the lensbaby intimidates me :)

[Taffy]

@northy @bankmann uses lensbaby really effectively. Have you seen his shots? I've studied his use of the lb with architecture and it was helpful to me.

[Taffy]

Here's an example: http://365project.org/bankmann/365/2014-11-03
He doesn't do extreme blur, which I like.

[AC]

Wonderful capture... Love the lighting!

[Bill Fenske]

Ugh, I so dislike blurry lb images. You've got the dark horse perfectly focused. I'm just no fan of lens babies. Sorry, it isn't you, it's me.

[Margaret Obey]

I love this shot and how the chess pieces have caught the light. I know what you man about eyesight, I've got cataracts and that is problematic!

[Call me Joe]

Ohh baby, love this--- enjoy the new toy!:)

[Sue]

Enjoy the lensbaby!

[Tracy]

Lucky you :D I hope you and your lensbaby become best friends. :) Lovely shot.

[Amrita]

Awesome!