If, like me, you hadn’t heard of tilt shift photography before, this is a treat for the child in us all. I heard about this the other day – it’s a way of making real life scenes look like miniature scale models. Why? For no better reason than we can! This can be done in camera but this is my first attempt at the ‘faking it’ technique using Photoshop trickery. I know it’s nowhere near as good as the examples shown here but still, practise makes perfect and I suspect I’m going to have some fun with this.
Mini Golden Gate, San Francisco
Anyone interested in giving it a go with their own photos can find links to web pages telling you how to do so at this Flickr group. …Have fun!
Art:Rene Gruau
Art:Rene Gruau
If one could have afforded a tilt/shift lens…
If you mean the various perspective commands in PS, then you can do quite a lot. The trick is to do it so that no one suspects that you have done it. Easy for smaller corrections – very difficult for larger ones (in my experience).
Yes, the lens will have to wait because in any case I’m having way too much fun playing with this! The perspective commands are something that I have yet to get into. [twiddling fingers] …Now you’ve sent me off in *another* direction!
What a concept. Didn’t even know you could do this, with photoshop or a camera. Love the pic.
I know! A Flickr friend posted a photo she’d done the other day and it came as news to me. Something new to try out is always fun.
Hey – that’s a pretty good “fake” shot of GG!
Thank you! Cars, in particular seem to fare well with this trickery – they always look like toys.
sigh………. just don’t get me started on something else…….. :O))))))))))))))))
Looks like a LOT of fun!
A lady after my own heart – I’m easily led off in new creative directions!
A new wonderful gadget to play with. Absolutely fabulous. I think your photo turned out splendidly!
It is a new toy – I don’t know why it appeals so much but does!
Great work.
Thank you Frank.
Very good! Quite convincing!
Unfortunately I don’t really have the sorts of photos that would work for this kind of shot.
Val
Honestly Val, if trying it out appeals at all then it’s worth looking through your photos. By the sounds of it, it will work on any scene where you were standing even only slightly above the view, so, for instance, I’ve seen good effects on street scenes taken from only one floor up.
Love this! Makes me want to play around, too! Great shot!
Well I’d really encourage you to have a go. The technique itself is so easy.
How much fun could you have with this?! Love it. My parents will be in San Francisco right this very minute, first stop on their eight-week trip
Fantastic – for them … and for you. Have you ordered the pandas yet?
I’ve not dabbled in tilt/shift, but this image is so much fun!
Oh I love this tilt shift. Well done! It really looks like a miniature!!
Ahh, PhotoShop trickery. So much fun! I think I’ll try this some day…in my spare time! I love playing in Photoshop. Nice job. Can’t wait to see more.