Just wanted to share a piece of woods located right behind the main building of the university library. Not really the woods, the area is merely a small lot. Anyway, I have tried numerous times to get a good frame on the fallen tree you see in the background. Yesterday I think I succeeded. It was in the morning and the light was sooo much better than during lunch time, when I usually pass by this place. Surprise. This time, I also tried to back up a bit, and it turned out that I liked that view much better then the close-ups. The Lensbaby got the focus on the hollow tree stem and blurred out the surrounding, making this really look like if it was from a deep forest. I may also add that the light was not exactly this fairytale-like, I dodged and burned it a bit to get it this way, the way I envisioned it. 
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I’m not normally a lens-baby fan, but I like the “dreamy” effects in this photo. As you said, perhaps this was a better shot for pulling back showing the surroundings. I like!
Thanks, Earl! The dreamy, painterly effect you usually can get from this lens is great. A perfect match for my eyes, which sees things this way too often.
Many says so, that Lensbabies not are their cup of tea. It might be so that the usual lensbaby image gets a little bit too much distorted. I have cropped this one, to omit the worst parts that were totally warped. The light speed effect is not my cup of tea.
I’m with Earl on this one. I’m not a Lensbaby fan, but I like this, Ove. I think that it enhances the image.
I’m clearly a Lensbaby fan, but 4 out of 5 images have to be thrown away. It’s a difficult lens. Thanks!
Ove, I think your right, the reason I like this Lensbaby photo is because you haven’t over-done the distortions. Just enough to make it interesting but not so much to make me feel dizzy.
I know the dizziness, I feel exactly the same. It’s a difficult lens, the gap between okay and crazy is very narrow, and most of the times the results get just too distorten. You have to be patient and make several tries to make sure you get at least one descent shot.