I seen an image of one of the Moray coastal fishing villages which I knew was tweaked but I didn’t understand how so I went along took my own shot and have attempted the same effect – I spent a lot of time trial and error but think I have got the hang of it. Anyway you wont see too many of these – but I do feel this particular location works well for the tilt-shift process. Tilt-shift for the uninformed is Gaussian blur applied across all but a band of the image which you want to remain normal plus a little boost the contrast and saturation offering a dreamy toy village effect.
Love the tweaking! Splendid & and most definitely dreamy – like a little fairy tale.
That’s a tweak success then lol
The toy village effect is obvious! Interesting!
ha ha excellent – you often see it on steam railway shots
The effect works well in this photo.
Interesting effect Scott.
As Rob said below it is a cheat but quiet effective on the right shot
Cool effect Scott. It does look like a toy village.
well Phil – if you could see this place it is tiny with no car access along the front – the houses are side on to protect them from the sea.
http://skm1963.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/crescent-moon/ this will give you some idea
Very cool effect! I have attempted a couple of this myself, but your came out really nice.
Trust me Gracie I messed around for about an hour trying angles and depths
I’m gonna be technical here Scott; tilt-shift is a type of lens which, amongst other things, can create a very narrow depth of field at wide angles, creating the ‘miniature’ look – although you can emulate the effect with some well-placed Gaussian blur.
cheers Rob couldn’t afford the lens so went for the fake Guassian blur
Yeah, those lenses are pretty expensive. The fake results are pretty good though!
I understand folks who shoot architecture professionally invest in them as you can correct verticals pre-capture – in essence not unlike the concept behind bellows.
Your trial and error always produces a masterpiece!!!
you are far to generous – it was a quiet good shot which I liked the sky in but thought the village wasn’t as sharp as I would like so this a something from nothing shot – I suppose.
Some photos are meant to happen!!
I’m so glad you posted this, I’ve been wondering what this technique is called. I keep seeing it on TV and I really like it. It looks great in this picture too.
superb thanks and for the subsequent RTs too
This is wonderful, Scott. LOOOVE tilt-shift!
Totally a dreamy effect to this..well done
Nice photoshop tilt-shift. I suppose one should clarify that tilt-shift means using a tilt-shift lens to achieve this in camera although similar results can be achieved using Gaussian blur afterwards, as you so ably demonstrate?
I’ve just got a tilt-shift lens (or perspective control in Nikonspeak) so this is an interesting example of something I might want to do though it wasn’t a factor in my purchase.
I’m in two minds about this image. It’s an interesting exercise in focus isolation but I think I’d like to see more subtlety in the boundaries between focus and blur. For example, take various copies of the image with differing amount of blur and blend them together using soft masking brushes.
Of course, it’s all a matter of taste and purpose. You don’t have to agree with my comment. As it is though, even though it works well on many levels, I feel it’s a bit too much a technique in search of an application.
Thank you Murray your technique in search of an application is probably not far from the truth, it was an image I quiet liked but didn’t feel that the buildings were sharp enough so tried this processed tiltshift method and quiet liked the effect. I have been trying a variety of things lately – going out of my safe zone. I really value feedback like this many thanks – Scott