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Collection: Lensbaby and pinhole
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Lensbaby Composer
Location: Germany
Date: Feb 22, 2009
Galleries: Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2009

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Comments: 22
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 Shot with the Lensbaby, processed using Nik Silver Efex "Holga" setting. Part of an abandoned train station at what used to be the East/West German border.

And a "sneaking one in" shot from very near here:


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 03/12/2009 12:09:49 AM
If those walls could talk... I love the blur and placement of the sweet spot. So nice, and the b/w (as always with you) is perfect for the image.
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 03/02/2009 10:34:54 PM
That lensbaby, Nik filter, and B&W sure make for a great combo. Good find and it all makes me want to enter the scene and explore.
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 03/02/2009 06:02:17 PM
nice comp- this has a zoom quality to it I like ..
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 03/02/2009 01:51:20 PM
Totally love this, Deb. It's incredibly foreboding.
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 03/02/2009 10:16:53 AM
Lensbaby at it's best. There are ghosts in there. I know it.
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 03/01/2009 04:07:00 PM
You sure started this side challenge in a great way. Cheat all you want with images like this... I LOVE it... the holga effect is perfect for the subject.
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 03/01/2009 01:25:55 PM
wow deb this is so excellent .. it looks nearly like its moving .. the entire image .. that holga action is the best & it works so well for this photograph .. great process and very nice blur .. !!.. particularly love those dark windows and the overall sinister feel .. :)
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 03/01/2009 07:48:16 AM
Love the Nik effects, but they're so darn expensive. This has a sinister feel to it.
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 03/01/2009 05:17:00 AM
You must have been out and about with Mephisto! You know, the abandoned buildings and all. The LB gives this a really interesting look, as though you are peering through a window or something. Nice
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 03/01/2009 05:00:48 AM
Very cool creepy effect! I love it!!
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 03/01/2009 03:59:54 AM
I like the creepy aspect to this as well. And the centered, tall leafless tree/window work nicely as the point of focus.
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 03/01/2009 02:32:14 AM
Wow ! Looks like the lair of a serial killer, very creepy! I think the blur adds to this creey feeling - sort of like someone sneaking up on you,
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 02/28/2009 10:27:18 PM
I love this Deb. I have to admit I haven't really caught on to the Lensbaby craze as much as some, but you have really used it here to enhance the photo. Its not so much blur that the photo just looks blurry. The lensbaby effect adds alot to this.
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 02/28/2009 09:55:45 PM
This definitely has some major history behind it. The Lensbaby gives this an eerie quality and moves the eyes to the set of windows...not unlike the pans in Hitchcock's Psycho. The movement in this is surreal and it's very much alive. Gives me the chills. Excellent portrayal!!!!!
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 02/28/2009 09:49:58 PM
The LB just heightens the sense of abandonment - I like the choice of just simple b&w processing here.
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 02/28/2009 07:58:55 PM
This is one of those shots that is better than it looks. Don't take that the wrong way; I mean that it rewards a bit of extra time looking and thinking. Maybe I am biased because you said where it is, but I can see the ghosts of some very sad memories here. It has a hint of a despairing feel to it, not so much in the building, but in the ghosts.
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 02/28/2009 06:25:25 PM
What a great way to start off the month. I love your lensbaby shots. I may have to cheat with some blur this month and use that action that tries to duplicate it, since I don't have the lens. YAY, Deb. Look forward to more of your great work. I was telling someone the other day how much you have grown as an artist. I'm proud to know ya.
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 02/28/2009 05:31:21 PM
Now that is very cool . .
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 02/28/2009 05:05:44 PM
nice shot and tones! i like how the LB blur brings a cinematic creepyness to the scene.
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 02/28/2009 04:58:49 PM
I love how the two blurred windows on the left move me right to that dark window...I feel like a little girl creeping up on an abandoned and haunted building with intent to enter, and my friend just gave me a big shove in the back to egg me on...excellent use of the lensbaby!
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 02/28/2009 04:55:27 PM
Nice shot! I think its time to invest in a lensbaby!
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 02/28/2009 04:45:55 PM
Very cool shot, you most certainly get the sense of it being abandoned. I'm gonna have to check out the Nik stuff.
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