Filter Frenzy! Why Were All Instagrammers Now

I ran into a professional photographer friend at the weekend. She'd recently gotten into Instagram, and I complimented her on her feed -- always interesting subjects, artfully framed. She took the compliment, but cursed Instagram in the same breath. Why? "Those filters," she said. Too cheesy? No -- too effective. "We used to have to spend hours getting that kind of effect," she said, shaking her head.

So go ahead, naysayers, and roll your eyes at the fact that Flickr just launched an app Wednesday, complete with filters such as Ocelot and Narwhal. Shake your head at the sight of new Twitter app photo filters Willow or Vignette cropping up in your tweet stream. Filters a…
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