hehehe nice one.

Wow. This stuff is beautiful. Great work.

I like today's one better. A lot better.

thats great. i'm suprise by the effect with lensbabies ;)

Sweet!

Great abstract! Though the colors in yesterday's were amazing, I prefer today's style.

This would make an awsome desktop background...

Prefer this one because I am drawn to more minimilistic shapes.

hey, i love it, and dont worry about what you think people are getting sick of or not...this is your photoblog. do what makes you happy. :)

obviuosly you have a creative mind. i would rather see that then what you think others want.

this may be a minimalistic shot, but it pulls the eye perfectly. its one of those photos that is just nice and easy to look at.

this is a gorgeous minimalistic shot! you pulled it off perfectly. I really dislike the lens baby. But you have proved that it has it's place. I haven't had a chance to comment before on your work. Yours is the first "photoblog" I'd ever seen as I only stumbbled across this site (ok, I don't get around much). It inspiried me to create my own. Thank you so very much!! I look forward to your photos everyday!!

experimenting. trying new stuff. making your own equipment (how cool is that selective focus frankenlens?!). that, I believe, is the true spirit of photography.

r!

I prefer this minimalism one. althought yerterday's colors were great.

Btw. How is your house fixing doing?

Yummy! How's that for a compliment? I love the contrasting sharpness, the colours of the shot and the overall feel of the image. H.G. Wells indeed!

oh MY God! I have got to construct me a freaky lens. These have been really interesting shots - and educational. Lovely shot, this is my fave so far.

This one

Wallworthy...

This one, as many of your shots, evokes movement, action, vitality... even though it is, as noted, minimalist. Looks to me like you were "running toward the light" and tripped just as you "tripped."

djn: "ok, no, I don’t put things up to get a rise out of people, and no, chromasia’s sole reason for existence is not the public, and no, it’s not a mind game" and: "Oh, and I know that today’s and yesterday’s are radically different in style, but I’d be interested to hear which you prefer and why."... seem to kind of contradict each other no?
Now I'll hush for another couple of weeks :)

I definitely prefer this one. Great shot!

btw, I could have sworn there was a forum on Chromasia yet I have no idea how to get there again. Anyone?

Nice lens and nice photo :)!!!

Thanks everyone.

Adriana: the house fixing is going slowly. Well, it's actually not going at all at the moment but I'll get on with it again this weekend.

miklos: it depends on whether you see art as a monologue or a dialogue. I go for the latter.

Jeremy: I did think about setting up a forum, and installed one for a few days, but I decided I didn't have time to do it justice, at least not at the moment.

I was thinking about buying a lensbaby. I think you just helped me make up my mind.

Gorgeous. Far and away the nicest picture of the last days. No such thing as too minimalistic.

Fantasitic! This shot evokes thought and feeling...love it!

i prefer this one!
so smooth...and the colours are awesome!

Lensbaby has my vote as does today's shot. defintiely War of the Worlds and I got that before seeing your title. ;)

Lensbaby has my vote as does today's shot. Definitely War of the Worlds and I got that before seeing your title. ;)

Really love this one.

Funny, the first thing I thought of when I saw this was Wells.

The crativity really shines through. Bravo!

Hey, I like this much better than yesterday's shot. The arch looks like something from nature rather than man-made. Sort of like the neck of a Apatosaurus. The grey tones are smooth and lovely and I think it fits the "lens baby" style much better than the more vivid colors from yesterday. A nice piece of abstract modern art. I knew you could get something very "Chromasia" out of that thing.

i like this a lot, have to say
this is special

I think this shot is much better then yesterday's. For one I really like the unnatural angle, the DoF and the distortion. The muted green works really well and so does the title :)

Hello David,

While I enjoyed both your two recent Lensbaby photos, I do prefer this second shot. I have seen a lot of Lensbaby shots. . . a whole lot (as the Co-CEO of Lensbabies I see new work everyday.) What I have observed is that over time photographers develop an aesthetic using the lens. Often, a photographer will initially use a Lensbaby to shoot photos that are much like what they would have shot with straight glass, but with the selective focus added. Yesterday's shot is kind of like that.

This light post photo is using the selective focus in a way that really compliments the subject matter. The blur creates a sense of motion, and propels the eye upward to the light fixture. The the eye returns to the bottom right corner and then follows the arch again. It's an interesting effect.

Please keep shooting with your Lensbaby. I think your work is outstanding. I enjoy the controversy the Lensbaby photos engender. Just have fun.

Sincerely,

Sam

This is a great shot. It looks very futuristic. Amazing.

I prefer this shot to yesterday's. Really a question of taste only because both are beautiful. It's the minimalism that I enjoy I think, along with that curve!

Great! I like this. :-)

I like this one. Maybe because of the cool blue colors. I always wanted to get a lens baby. Looks like a lot of fun! I just got a 50mm f1.8 so I can now go out into the city at night and get some decent pictures. Time to go explore!

Very cool shot! You should stay minimalistic: it brings a good composition always to the point.

june 29.

I definitely prefer this one - very war of the worlds indeed. This would be a great book cover for a sci-fi novel.

Very nice David!

I like this one. Beautiful!

I think what we need to remember as well is that although Dave has been incredibly successful with his photoblog he will be the first to admit that he is still defining and moulding his own style which will become more and more apparent as the years go on.

I too would like to see more minimilistic work but that is my own preference and nothing more

I think most photographers are doing this no matter what level they are at. There is a book called ' Approaching photography' which is regarded as the seminal work on photography and how and why we do it.

When I read that book I realised that it is simply not enough to put up some work and say that it speaks for itself. Sometimes we have to explain our work and that is often harder than actually taking the photograph.

Not sure whether I am right here but I think that djn puts up his work for both himself and for the public. For himself he gets the chance to improve his photography and for the public we get to see the results of someone who is passionate about what they do.

It has to be a two way communication to suceed.

When you sense that someone cares about what they do it is a pleasure to interact with them.

I for instance only started my blog a few months ago - there is no chance on this earth that I will become as popular as chromasia but to be honest this is not a popularity contest.

If just one of my images makes someone connect with something then I am happy

Very futuristic.

I preferred yesterdays. The colours were magnificent and I felt I could really connect to the image and the hues within. It felt like such a throw back. Almost had an amercian garage look. This one is a little too cold and abstract for me. Just has no real focal point, feels more... George Orwell?

War of the Worlds comes to Blackpool :D

Nice, and more futuristic...

You have done it again. This shot is amazing, I love the colors, the blur and how simple it looks. BoD

i much prefer this one over yesterday's. the eye is drawn in such a way in this shot and it is very pleasing. i like the fuzziness leading to clarity. it kind of looks like the trail of a ufo buzzing back into the sky. great great shot.
i want a lensbaby.

Again, it works for me. Nice subtle color as well.

Oh yes! This one has a lot more to it, in my opinion..
your lensbaby is getting somewhere!
-here

This is a fantastic shot. I think it's your best Lensbaby shot so far.

The focus on the head of the lamp and the blur does, as others have said, add a motion component that is common in Lensbaby compositions, but your composition and shooting angle really give an organic, living curve to the lamppost. I think this is really fantastic.

I do find, however, that the blackspace in the lower right is a bit distracting. My eye keeps getting drawn to it instead of the head. It's a little better with the lighter backgrounds.

Really nice job.

Mike

Fantastic shot Dave, this is a wonderful treatment and use of the lens, streets ahead of the others!

This is award winning imo. Top class photograph. Composed and tones sooooooo well.

I really like this picture's quiet feeling. Yesterday's looks very full, colorful, and action-packed, but this one really feels mystical and, as your title implies, a bit sci-fi. I like both very much; this one calms me down.

Nice image.

Thank you for not making this pic as distracting the blur in "Plane of focus" was. Still not a great fan of Lensbaby

Thanks everyone, I'm pleased with this one too.

WOW!
INCREDIBLE!

Keep up the good work!

I think this photo is very artistic. I really like the soft quality about it. I love how it's grey and white; it keeps it simple like the nice arc of the light. Plus the cocked angle makes it more interesting. Fantastic, as usual.

PERFECTION

holy crap. this is amazing! has spielberg seen this yet?

Close to perfection.

Wonderful photograph. Intersting and quite catch. Keep clicking for such shots.