Sometimes overexposing an image can get you there.

With popping eyes, almost popping out of the frame.

Guess what was inside?

Ok, right, not really into 14th St. it self.

Variations on an old theme: pushing the star, and now I present Holding the star. This time, to make a more interesting portrait of our friend I used a lensbaby, instead of a moving star.

I got fantastic news today in the mail. I have been selected as the second prize winner in a contest organized by B&H. Some of you might remember my previous post about the Lensbaby. That day I attended a Lensbaby workshop at the B&H Event Space and after some lectures and presentation of the Lensbaby system, each participant borrowed a Lensbaby and we all got to Times Square to snap, snap, snap pictures. We were given a list with 15 topics to shoot for about 3 hours before we had to return “our” Lensbabies back. After 1 month of anxious waiting, finally the results of the contest is here and I got second place, yeah!

NYC skating - image from the B&H Lensbaby photo safari

Well, thanks B&H for giving us the opportunity to try out these lenses, it certainly was a lot of fun. And congratulations to the winner, Rue LeClaire, and third place, Joe Josephs.

Other images from the contest can be seen at the B&H Event Space Flickr group and my own can be seen in Flickr photostream.