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Excellent find Kort.  I have seen these lenses and wondered what they did.  Looks like you could get very creative with them.  Only problem is they cost so much.

You can do it in Photoshop. :) I think most of the examples here were done that way. http://www.recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/

Tha for the link Kort. Fascinating stuff. I go check if my lensbaby can do that too.

seeya  Tunde

Totaly neat effects...the photos look so fake all looks really like models.  Thanks for the link.

cool link Kort, thanks! will have to try the photoshop method sometime..

Attached Link: Fake Model Photography

=) I think I do remember one of your attempts... really like the last one of the ones in the link you provided, nice work! you may well have inspired me to have a go sometime sooner rather than later, just gotta find the right piccy..

Shallow depth of field appears the prime ingredient.  Am I right?  Of course perspective from above would certainly "authenticate" the model look a bit more.

You are correct on both counts Tom. Check out the tutorial. Lens blur is a great tool for this effect.

Pretty cool!

J:woot:e

Turned out great Joe!

Attached Link: http://www.alienskin.com/bokeh/

My tries on overhead views have not had enough foreground or background to work well and overhead seems another ingredient in making it look right.    

great software, thanks for the info Tom.

Kort - thanks for this - I've been wondering for ages what this is called and more importantly how it was done.

Very cool stuff. Seen some shots before, never knew there was a lens for it. Cool deal!

Good grief its my nightmare come true !! I spend  a lot of time getting my aerial views to not look like models !

 ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!
I just checked out your fantastic website Garlor. Your comment just then was the funniest thing I've heard all day! We are your worst nightmare!!!!!!!!!
Just imagine though if tilt shift became so popular that it was the only form of photography than anyone wanted. You could invest in a cool trainset...and never need to leave your house ever again!

For those of you who are interested in a tutorial on how to do Tilt and Shift there is a free tutorial here

www.gavtrain.com

Like I said no special lens needed really and it worked just fine using the standard lens blur filter in Photoshop. Looks like a good video tut there Jack, but it took forever to download even on my fast connection, and the audio wasn't syncing up, doh! Well, there is always the standard tutorial I posted above. :o)

Quote - Good grief its my nightmare come true !! I spend  a lot of time getting my aerial views to not look like models !

I know where you are coming from, I spend most of my time at rendo posting stuff made in a 3d package that I've tried to make photo real, I drop into the photo section and there's a thread on making your photos look less real!!!!

Arrgh!

Heheheh, we're never satisfied, are we? ;'P

Attached Link: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

Online Tiltshift App

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Had to have a try at faking this - tried at lunch time. Didn't have a source photo so used one by Ric Moxon, pleased with the results and I think the tilt shift changes would count as just use to display this:-

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1823702

Edits done in the GIMP

for straightening verticals, yes, I can see the need for the 'shift' function, but lens blur and photoshop seems just as good as the tilt function (correct me if I'm wrong Rich ;)) at creating the line of focus.

I'm working on one properly to put into my gallery but this is a quick edit of a shot of St Andrews harbour, taken from the top of the tower. any thoughts/ suggestions? first attempt..

Adam

I think you did well Adam. Those boats are so cute, sure it makes me feel I am looking a model of the harbour.

seeya  Tunde

don't think I've got a more suitable photo in my archive than this one really, but a few more I could have a play with... quite like how it turned out anyway, like little people playing in the stream in legoland ;)

Adam

Great subject matter and they turned out super! I'd hazard to say you might even be able to push the distance blur in the 2nd one even more. :o)

I find some realy old holiday pictures so I gave it a go myself...any thoughts? Actually I have a tech question. I made a diagonal selection for the sharp part, is this okay or I should just stick to the horizontal angle? But if you say I choose what I am think best for the picture I will go and cry in a corner for a while...lol. Hard to make a decision which is works best when I have little idea about a good technique...lol

seeya  Tunde

Diagonal works fine. It all depends on the image. I like what you did here, very dioramaish! :o)

ooo nice one Tunde, I agree diagonal works well here .... just mess around with the angle, sometimes a specific plane of focus can make all the difference rather than just sticking to right angles.

also thank you Kort for suggesting pushing the focus plane further on my second post there... went with your suggestion and a tighter crop and it found its spot in my gallery ;)

Awesome, glad to help Meowgli. :o)