superbe effet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lovely tones and lighting , I like your DoF.

I am not fond of the lensbaby and I don't think it really adds anything to this

Un bel effet comme dans un rêve!

interessing effect. but not on my taste. and i saw the prices for lensbaby...

Fabulous colors! I love this scene, but I'm with Yellowbear - I'm not a big fan of a lensbaby. I always feel a bit off kilter or dizzy when I view an image shot with one. Weird, eh? ;)

The picture itself, with its beautiful colors and set is enough for me - love the tones* After that, it's a matter of taste and if you enjoy that lense, it's a good thing for you to allow you this pleasure, my friend ! Our pleasure first ! :)

There is definitely an outbreak of lensbaby's in the last few weeks and I am insanely jealous! Ha ha

I can see both points of view and I think you are right Jack, in that they work more consistently, though not exclusively, better with macro shots. But hey, experimentation is the spice of life as they say.

Its a good efect !! In this photo the efect of this kind of lens is suitable because force your sight to the background where the forest is in of focus an produce and good deepness efect. Bravo !!!

Lovely image. This looks like Oregon. The lensbaby effect here doesn't really differ from the photos I look with my Brownie Hawkeye.

It does take a bit of getting used to - I just got mine right before Christmas. I love it and am having a lot of fun with it. I think using a different aperture that gives you a smaller blur area might work better with landscape/distance shots, but I'm learning one aperture at a time and sticking with the 2.8 for now. It does have some great applications and effects on the landscape shots, so keep with it - you might be surprised. Most of all, have fun!!

Intriguing shot. But gives me the feeling of wearing the wrong glasses.

a small wooden bridge goes into the forest and mysterious blur. We prevail in the land of dreams. Bright colors and wonder. We shall cross border ..superb.

Wonderful place to be and excellent effect.

First of all, thank you for sharing your first attempt on your new approach to photography with us. That's brave and much appreciated!
And second; it feels good! I feel like I'm being thrown right into the woods with the speed of light, and this is thrilling!
Thanks for posting and for the journey through nature :)

The colors are quite nice. I'll have to read up on this LensBaby.

I like the way the lensbaby works in this shot. Nice work.

Pretty cool Jack! The lensbaby gives this such a great dimension... and those colours are gorgeous!

Ok, I admit it... this toy has been on my list for awhile.. LOL!

the colors are superb, I like the lensbaby effect I need to play with mine more

To Expand on why I prefer this one slightly over the next shot, the controlled centre bit of focus and softness around gives a feel of the moisture and damp as you walk through a tropical forest to me, it also gives a sort of magical feel