O Nut * By Wonderstruck by Canon DSLR Challenge


14-NOV-2004	Wonderstruck

This was in a Cafe close to Elefteria Square, Nicosia, Cyprus. Caught this candid when the waiter got my son a Donut. He held it up as he thought it matched his shirt. Used the Kent C action from http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm#LensBlur to get a Lensbaby effect. Edge Action from http://www.liknes.no/photoshop/index.asp

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
1/40s f/7.1 at 28.0mm iso200 with Flash. full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		19-Dec-2005 02:43
Still think this is a cute one. :) BTW, how do you get all the old comments to transfer over here? Oh, wait - I think I know.... do you use 'copy to gallery'? ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Dec-2004 01:34
A cute and fun image. --mlynn

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Dec-2004 18:54
Lonnit, for me the challenge of writing the filter would be half the fun. Chromatic distortion shouldn't be difficult to simulate. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Dec-2004 07:51
Lonnit is right. Getting the general feel in a picture of a lensbaby effect is relatively easy to do... no actions needed. What does take a bit of skill is seeing as a lensbaby sees. After studying several lensbaby shots on the lensbaby site and Anders postings, I tried to take some photos with my regular lens but thinking as if I had a lensbaby. The only reason I even bothered doing this was because I haven't had enough money to get the real thing yet. It's about changing perspectives, not so much about having an effect. My 2 cents. -Byron Here's one of my artificial babies.

Guest		11-Dec-2004 03:54
Don't bother guys. Byron has a technique he's been using that comes incredibly close already. Why re-invent the wheel? ;) Just ask him how. One thing you're forgetting about though, is that I doubt anyone will be able to reproducet the chromatic abberations of the lensbaby. ~ Lonnit

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-Dec-2004 07:45
I might try my hand at creating a filter (not an action) to do this. If someone could email me some pictures taken with a lensbaby that would get me started. Perhaps a good place to start would be to have 3 images: one a bulls eye pattern centered on the center of symmetry of the lensbaby. Another with radial lines. And another with small dots arranged far enough apart that the lensbaby effect doesn't overlap for any of the dots. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		10-Dec-2004 06:37
I instigated Kent to write the Lensbaby action just before my business trip to Cyprus a month back. Please see http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=10929209 andhttp://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=11107581 I agree that the action needs some tweaking to come closer to a real lensbaby. This was done by the Beta Version that Kent e-mailed me. I understand that ATNCENTRAL has a newer version that is more "radial" than "Linear" Would appreciate if someone could give Kent some pics of same scene taken with/without Lensbaby so that we can tun the actions on the withouts and see how close they can be made to the withs. Would also value your comments to Kent about what other differences you detect between the action and the real thing. ( I believe it is possible to get 100% the same effect via S/W with added advantage of it being a post process rather than a one off at the moment shot) --Wonderstruck

ctfchallenge		10-Dec-2004 01:46
Cute shot, but I agree it doesn't need the lensbaby effect. Shu

Canon DSLR Challenge		09-Dec-2004 17:31
Cute shot, cute kid. As for the lensbaby action, it's not really very lensbaby. Lensbaby distortions aren't so linear and they seem to make my eyes feel like they pulse when I look at the shots. This action doesn't. Still a cute shot though. :) ~ Lonnit