A Miniature Dip by Meowgli
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Hey everyone *waves*
There have been a few interesting posts in both the galleries and forums recently either shot with tilt/shift lenses, or made to look as though they were thanks to a bit of a play in photoshop. So I thought I'd have a little experiment with a shot from when I was in France.
This was taken at the Pont du Gard, previous posts of which you can see here and
here.
For those of you who don't know, tilt/shift lenses basically allow you to shoot with only a strip of focus across the scene (using the tilt function) and using the shift function allows you to shoot tall buildings with parallel verticals, rather than having them converge. They're rather expensive pieces of kit so I'm quite happy just doing it the cheap and cheerful photoshop way ;)
The technique primarily makes things look like miniature models, and seems to work best on shots with an elevated viewpoint. I don't think it's something which will become a regular technique with me, but fun to try out and I quite like the result here. I had success creating a few examples myself in photoshop, but for the blurring on this one in particular I used the automated app Ray (THROBBE) sent me the link to in his comment on my last post... (cheers!)
It's very quick and easy if you're interested and want to have a play yourself - here's the link:
Tilt-Shift Maker
Hope you like it, enjoy your evening!
Adam
Comments (29)
MaraP
WOOOW!! Fantastic made!
asetix
Creative image. Very nice!!
Hendesse
Fantastic shot, very intersting focus. Looks superb!
M2A
Clever and very interesting concept. Well done.
beatoangelico
FANTASTIC CAPTURE....SUPER SCENE...BRAVO..!!!
emmecielle
Wonderful image! :)
flora-crassella
....like a miniature world.
MC-Jay-One
Haha, excellent idea :D very great shot!
PD154
What a cool and crazy technique, I like it, thanks for the link mate will check it out, I like the results.
Winterclaw
Looks nice, and yeah that effect does make it look like a model.
babuci
Good one Adam. Like the "effect" and a square crop is suite well.
Octaganoid
Really effective ! This photo was perfect for this technique i think.
kgb224
Excellent capture.
CavalierLady
I can't say that I've ever been tempted to try this, but it looks like you did an excellent job with this technique, Adam.
timtripp
it really looks like a model!!! wonderful technique...
blinkings
I've done a few of these in my time, and this is a great example.
artaddict2
Very interesting info, I've never heard of this technique, Nice work!
glix70
Wow!!! Stunning wonderful focus, in the middle great idea it seems small and big in the same!!! Excellent work!!! :) V
danob
Hmm very interesting I think the effects are great when used on Buildings and often felt like investing in one, also can see a great advantage in certain macro or portrait situations say with a tilted aspect when a head is tilted to the side, when it would be possible to get both eyes in focus.. Where the top to bottom effects just make me think I am looking through watery eyes.. Thanks for the info And also to Ray
bronwyn_lea
That is so cool!
lucindawind
wow how interesting! great work and shot !
danapommet
Nice results. Dana P
durleybeachbum
What fun!
MrsRatbag
Excellent shot!
picantilla
nice!
Djavad
Interessant et original - Merci pour le lien
three_grrr
Very neat effect, thanks for the link. It certainly does make this look like a miniature rather then the real thing, I like it! Tried it with shot that wasn't at quite the elevation you have, and it still gives a very neat effect, highlighting an area of interest, and creating a neat DOF effect! Going to try it with different photos, just to see what happens.
Osipenkov
Nice DOF, cool picture!
mattclara
Great image, but I did want to mention one thing about tilts, it's not that you define the focus as a narrow strip, it's that, by tilting the lens, you tilt the focus plane, too. So everything on that plane will still be in focus, but if the plane intersects the image you're composing in only one spot, then only that spot/strip will appear in focus. With actual images composed with tilts, it's not at all unusual to find areas other than the primary point of interest are also in focus. One such image I saw a few years back was of a young man poised to swing with a baseball bat. He was at home plate, the photographer was somewhere between the pitcher's mound and home plate, and the primary focus was the batter's face--everything else on the batter was out of focus. But if you looked closely above the batter's head, you could clearly see the fencing behind him also had a thin strip in focus. In that case, the focus plane intersected with the batter's face and the fencing several feet above his head and behind him.