Tilt-shift... aka "toy pics"

[Doppelgänger]

Well, I did some editing on some other pictures and inadvertantly ended up making such a picture...or at least majority of people commenting thought so. I've been well aware of tilt-shift photography for awhile. There is a specific lens for this effect, but it can be replicated with pretty good results with photo editing. But like with most thing,s using the true lens yields better pictures.

Some examples..

http://www.welcomebrand.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/tilt-briidge.jpg

http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv2dykWA6A1qa4zieo1_500.jpg

http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdasnrvgi1qa9ou3o1_500.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_q4SweSfGKKM/Sygm4lt5I0I/AAAAAAAABUo/CCLiDWQwZdA/s400/Tilt-shift+4+Vincent+Laforet.jpg

I was wondering if anyone on here has tried their hand at this.

I'll post up a few of the ones I've been practicing with (pics taken by me)...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4293658242_f179b0d469_o.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4287260398_ef2403ba45_o.jpg

[Mr. Clean]

hmmmm. your airplane pic is the closest. the other 2 just look like pictures of your car. i did a little more research on this, i can't tell if i like it or not. i guess i don't truly understand it yet. i know it's supposed to change the perspective, but i still just don't understand how such a small factor can completely change the picture.

more examples though in case anyone else wants more

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/16/beautiful-examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/tilt-shift-lenses1.htm

[Doppelgänger]

Yeah, I knocked one of my pics out, but left one up. I have more at home that could work well that I'll play with later.

I think it's pretty cool when the subject is good..then again, I used to build models and had N-scale train setup.

[jdmdb8itr]

i think they look great, awesome pics

[Nemesis]

how much do you charge

[Doppelgänger]

hahaha..funny geyorgy

[james]

done in post. can't afford the TS lens.

[5thgcelica]

theres this effect on my d5000 that is called the "miniature effect" does pretty much the same thing.

[A.A]

call me crazy, but i thought the importance of tilt-shift lenses is to fix the barrel distortion you get when using wide angel lenses... and to even out lines for proper perspective.

these look more like they are low DOF images distorted for artistic effect.

[james]

call me crazy, but i thought the importance of tilt-shift lenses is to fix the barrel distortion you get when using wide angel lenses... and to even out lines for proper perspective.

these look more like they are low DOF images distorted for artistic effect.


1. TS lenses help improve DOF that standard lenses can't achieve.
2. the look is called 'reverse-scheimpflug' aka selective focus.

[A.A]

1. TS lenses help improve DOF that standard lenses can't achieve.
2. the look is called 'reverse-scheimpflug' aka selective focus.


I know... but I would hardly call it an improved DOF... rather manipulate it's focus plain to achieve effect.

ok you are right with the artistic effect, well played.

But as a real estate photographer, the other side of the TS-lens is its effect to correct barrel distortion and manipulate the DOF plain at low aperture to focus on the important subjects in low light situations (if you are good enough with the lens to do this).

[Jaimecbr900]

How did you do it on PS?

[Machado]

here are some of mine, not verry good :(

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7747/fhmnsdfh.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5292/uituii.jpg

this is not my picture but i tried to make it look miniature

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2870/66862004c63e8f9ftiltshi.jpg

[JessAlba452]

I saw a tutorial on this the other day on a photography forum.

Here's a link if anyone is interested in more tutorials :D

http://www.photographyjam.com/articles/52/the-tilt-shift-miniature-fake-technique-in-photoshop-cs-a-simple-how-to

[Machado]

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/ :goodjob:

[Doppelgänger]

call me crazy, but i thought the importance of tilt-shift lenses is to fix the barrel distortion you get when using wide angel lenses... and to even out lines for proper perspective.

these look more like they are low DOF images distorted for artistic effect.


1. TS lenses help improve DOF that standard lenses can't achieve.
2. the look is called 'reverse-scheimpflug' aka selective focus.


I know... but I would hardly call it an improved DOF... rather manipulate it's focus plain to achieve effect.

ok you are right with the artistic effect, well played.

But as a real estate photographer, the other side of the TS-lens is its effect to correct barrel distortion and manipulate the DOF plain at low aperture to focus on the important subjects in low light situations (if you are good enough with the lens to do this).

^I understand what you mean :)


I'm no pro, nor claim to be, but my understanding of T-S is to create a DOF on more than just the y-axis (left-right to some of you). It also works best in pictures with a lot of detail and that a specific subject be a small part of the picture. Once again, that's just my take on the artistic side of it. :dunno:

And as for doing it in PS, I use several steps of blurring to eliminate and hard-lines, adding lens distortion and sharpening. I'll usually do a few versions of the same picture before I am happy with it. I wish I had a better base picture of that A380 to use... but I was moving at 300mph at a 35* angle up and had wipped out the camera and hit AUTO, was at full zoom and dealing with L.A. smog lol

[Jason..]

so the 1st pics are actually real?

[james]

so the 1st pics are actually real?

real....as in shot in camera, yes.

this are standard practice when shooting large format.

[Doppelgänger]

Some of the first ones in my OP are "real" as in they used the T-S lens and not just done in PS.

BTW- That shot of FCS would look cooler if it weren't at the bottom of the frame :(