August 21, 2012 - Chinese Garden

CaliforniaMama · 08-21-2012, 11:08 AM

Tilt-Shift

Image by Lachlan Sear

"Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique type of photography in which the camera is manipulated so that a life-sized location or subject looks like a miniature-scale model."

"To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start."

From Smashing Magazine

Wombat · 08-21-2012, 11:15 PM

You don't even need a special lense: you can easily recreate the effect in Photoshop/GIMP, once you've taken your photo from a high angle as suggested above. It's a two-step process:
1. Increase colour saturation (colours in a macro-mode photo seem brighter than in a long-distance colour).
2. Apply a blur filter so the upper and lower parts are blurred and the central area stays in focus (this fakes the limited depth of field of a macro-mode photo of a small model).

ZenGum · 08-22-2012, 12:38 AM

I'm not too keen on Chinese gardens. You mow one, an hour later, you need to mow again.

CaliforniaMama · 08-22-2012, 08:27 AM

08-21-2012, 11:08 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	August 21, 2012 - Chinese Garden Tilt-Shift Image by Lachlan Sear "Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique type of photography in which the camera is manipulated so that a life-sized location or subject looks like a miniature-scale model." "To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start." From Smashing Magazine

08-21-2012, 11:15 PM	#2
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	You don't even need a special lense: you can easily recreate the effect in Photoshop/GIMP, once you've taken your photo from a high angle as suggested above. It's a two-step process: 1. Increase colour saturation (colours in a macro-mode photo seem brighter than in a long-distance colour). 2. Apply a blur filter so the upper and lower parts are blurred and the central area stays in focus (this fakes the limited depth of field of a macro-mode photo of a small model). __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

08-22-2012, 12:38 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I'm not too keen on Chinese gardens. You mow one, an hour later, you need to mow again. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-22-2012, 08:27 AM	#4
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	__________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

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