Tilt-Shift Photography? Who's done it?

[inTempus]

I read about a Photoshop technique called "tilt-shift" and it's a new concept to me. This is my first attempt at it... I didn't have too many candidates available to test the technique out, this is the best shot I had.

Has anyone else tinkered with this before? Got any pics you could share? Tips? Tricks?

 

[Mgw189]

LOL yes it is a photoshop technique but there are lenses that actually take images that look like that. This guy has done some T/S stuff that is pretty amazing.

[daily dose of imagery]

 

[fiveoboy01]

Looks cool, link to something that explains the technique?

 

[inTempus]

Here ya go.

Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop Tutorial | Miniature Faking | TiltShiftPhotography.net

 

[fiveoboy01]

Very cool. Thanks for the link.

Your picture does remind me of a train set model... Did you play with the saturation levels as described in the tutorial? Mind posting the original?

 

[mparker]

looks awesome... here is my first attempts... it was pretty easy i think all you do is frost the outside of the photo pretty much... but it totally changes the photo...

 

[Dave Hoffmann]

You can visit TiltShiftMaker.com and it will process your images for you.

 

[Josh66]

Very nice - all of you.

I've been wanting to try this, but I generally don't take the type of pictures that would work for this.

I have been wanting an actual tilt/shift lens for a while now too. (Mostly for purposes other than this.)

 

[fiveoboy01]

Amazing how that changes the look of the image. It really makes things look like little toys.

I can see myself using this technique quite a bit with some of the pictures I take in warmer weather.

 

[dxqcanada]

Hmm, I thought this thread was about using Tilt/Swing shifts on a Large Format camera.

This PS function appears just to be about using sharpness/blur to imitate a this camera/lens function.

Actually using tilts and swings on a large format camera is quite different in controlling focus and perspective.

 

[tirediron]

Hmm, I thought this thread was about using Tilt/Swing shifts on a Large Format camera.

This PS function appears just to be about using sharpness/blur to imitate a this camera/lens function.

Actually using tilts and swings on a large format camera is quite different in controlling focus and perspective.

That's what I thought too; I don't remember every trying to achieve that look when I was shooting 4x5..

 

[inTempus]

Those are simply amazing. Wow, great work! They really do look like models. Now I'm going to have to hit my local air shows this summer.

The boat really looks good. It almost looks like a PT boat from WWII.

 

[dxqcanada]

Yeah, when I was shooting 4x5 I was trying to avoid that exact look.

 

[dxqcanada]

For those of you that have not had the experience of a large format camera with bellows .... This is what Tilt and Swing is supposed to do.

 

[fiveoboy01]

Ok but the thread is about Tilt/Shift photography, not sure if it's on the same principle as what you posted(tilt/swing)... Are these two(different) terms supposed to describe the same type of technique?