My parents, in-laws and Britnie all gave me a Lensbaby for my birthday. It’s a flexible lens that fits on a SLR, it allows you to change what part of your frame is in focus. So you can bend the lens to focus on the lower right corner, while the rest goes out of focus, almost like the aperture is changing through the frame. It’s fun to play with, but pretty tough to get a hang of.
It gives everything a feel of movement.
I’d read a lot about these and seen tons of ads, but always wondered what the photos looked like. It was fun to play around with. That’s another thing to add to my wish list.
Wow! Those look great!
So which one did you get? I see three different options on their website. (Muse, Composer, Control Freak)
Oh wow, you are so lucky! I’ve wanted one of those forever. I’m actually trying to make my own. I want to do tilt-shift stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lensbaby%20tilt%20shift&w=all
Actually, when I bought mine they had different names. I think it’s most similar to Muse though.