My first attempt at tilt-shift photo faking.

[Teller1900]

Actually it's about the 9th try, but the first try with a photo that lends itself to this technique. First the fake "miniature Aeroshell Square," then the photo in its original state. How'd I do?

 

[woodstock]

Fabulous! The question is, why?

ps. the original is pretty awesome. where is it?

 

[Teller1900]

Fabulous! The question is, why?

ps. the original is pretty awesome. where is it?

Why not? Or, because I got off work early and have pretty much nothing else to do!

That's Aeroshell Square at Oshkosh. Airventure '05.

 

[woodstock]

Why not? Or, because I got off work early and have pretty much nothing else to do!

That's Aeroshell Square at Oshkosh. Airventure '05.

I really have to get there someday...

That's a very clear photo, especially considering how far away you had to be to take it!

 

[Danos]

That's really cool Matt

 

[TangoWhiskey]

I think the tilt-shift photo makes it look like a diorama at a museum! Cool!

EDIT: I stated that BEFORE I clicked your link about the technique--that's what it's intended to do... I guess it worked!!

 

[Sam D]

Actually it's about the 9th try, but the first try with a photo that lends itself to this technique. First the fake "miniature Aeroshell Square," then the photo in its original state. How'd I do?

Those model airplanes look pretty detailed. IOW, great job. I like this effect. Outside mag a a recent picture of a horse race done with this technique which was very cool.

 

[Teller1900]

That's really cool Matt

I think the tilt-shift photo makes it look like a diorama at a museum! Cool!

EDIT: I stated that BEFORE I clicked your link about the technique--that's what it's intended to do... I guess it worked!!

Those model airplanes look pretty detailed. IOW, great job. I like this effect. Outside mag a a recent picture of a horse race done with this technique which was very cool.

Thanks guys! Take II is attached. Some great examples of people who really know what they're doing are here.

 

[fgcason]

For the airplanes: First reaction was N-gauge train model airport. Second reaction was depth of field is very tight at the fringes between focus and out of focus areas. Maybe make a smoother transition over a wider distance. Not a lot but drop out of focus over a little more distance. The transition to out of focus doesn't feel natural.

For the boats: Lensbaby image. IMHO that one is too vertical to drop out of focus like that for the effect you're going for. If you were trying for lensbaby, you did really good.

Both are definitely excellent first attempts.

 

[Teller1900]

For the airplanes: First reaction was N-gauge train model airport. Second reaction was depth of field is very tight at the fringes between focus and out of focus areas. Maybe make a smoother transition over a wider distance. Not a lot but drop out of focus over a little more distance. The transition to out of focus doesn't feel natural.

For the boats: Lensbaby image. IMHO that one is too vertical to drop out of focus like that for the effect you're going for. If you were trying for lensbaby, you did really good.

Both are definitely excellent first attempts.

Thanks for the notes, Frank! Here's another try at the airplanes, I think it's a little better. I agree with you about the boat picture (that's what happens when you shoot from 12,000 feet, I guess). I'll try to find something better (or maybe I'll get something better from the control tower, tomorrow!). I'm not familiar with lensbaby, but I'll say I did it on purpose . I'm going to have to go look it up now.

 

[Geico266]

I really have to get there someday...

Just do it! Start planning now. Plenty of places to stay or camp. It's as good as you have heard, only better.

 

[fgcason]

That's much better. It actually looks a lot like some of the photo's of small train models that I've seen.

A lensbaby lets you bring one area of the image into sharp focus and the area around that is a gradually increasing blur.
http://lensbaby.com/
A friend of mine has one and has created some really interesting photographs with it. I'll end up with one eventually however I have a few other things higher on the high priority essential list at the moment.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Just do it! Start planning now. Plenty of places to stay or camp. It's as good as you have heard, only better.

It's better than you've heard, only better.

I've taken a few first-timers into OSH, and the reaction is pretty universal: "I knew it was big, but HOLY ****! I had no idea how big!"

It's kinda funny, you get jaded by the end of the week. At any other airport on a normal day, seeing a P-51 out and about is amazing - At OSH, by the end of the week, a dozen could taxi past you and you might not even notice.

Troy can attest to this, I flew him in on Friday, when I'd been there the whole week and I'd flown Bill W in on Tuesday. Troy was doing his best kid-in-the-candy-store impersonation, and Bill and I were somewhat apathetic by then.

 

[woodstock]

Just do it! Start planning now. Plenty of places to stay or camp. It's as good as you have heard, only better.

Unfortunately this year I'm going to be cheering on the Tour de France while Oshkosh is going on. So, it's 2010 at the earliest. And I'm missing Gaston's because I'll be in Normandy for the 65th D-Day anniversary so yet again, no POA events in 2009.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Unfortunately this year I'm going to be cheering on the Tour de France while Oshkosh is going on. So, it's 2010 at the earliest. And I'm missing Gaston's because I'll be in Normandy for the 65th D-Day anniversary so yet again, no POA events in 2009.

What are you doing during the Wings FlyBQ?

 

[Everskyward]

Here's another try at the airplanes, I think it's a little better.

That's pretty cool, Matt. I've been experimenting with HDR (high dynamic range imaging). Here's a site with a bunch of examples... and here are a couple of my attempts. Yeah, I haven't bought the program yet so it has a watermark.

 

[gprellwitz]

What are you doing during the Wings FlyBQ?

and 6Y9?

 

[Teller1900]

That's pretty cool, Matt. I've been experimenting with HDR (high dynamic range imaging). Here's a site with a bunch of examples... and here are a couple of my attempts. Yeah, I haven't bought the program yet so it has a watermark.

That's really cool! Yet another technique I'd never heard of. That first shot is great; it's almost hard to tell its not a painting with that really rich color saturation. Is the second shot multiple frames? If so, the blending is perfect!

 

[woodstock]

What are you doing during the Wings FlyBQ?

If it's late May most likely in France.

 

[Everskyward]

Is the second shot multiple frames? If so, the blending is perfect!

There are two ways to do this technique. One is to take multiple frames on a tripod, bracketing the exposures by 1 or 2 stops. The other (cheating) way is to take one picture and manipulate the brightness with a photography program to get a set of pictures with varying exposures. This is how I did both pictures.

Here is another explanation of how it works. http://www.hdrsoft.com/examples.html

 

[Teller1900]

That's much better. It actually looks a lot like some of the photo's of small train models that I've seen.

A lensbaby lets you bring one area of the image into sharp focus and the area around that is a gradually increasing blur.
http://lensbaby.com/
A friend of mine has one and has created some really interesting photographs with it. I'll end up with one eventually however I have a few other things higher on the high priority essential list at the moment.

That's awesome! It's like playing with depth of focus, but to an extreme. All these new fun things to try!

There are two ways to do this technique. One is to take multiple frames on a tripod, bracketing the exposures by 1 or 2 stops. The other (cheating) way is to take one picture and manipulate the brightness with a photography program to get a set of pictures with varying exposures. This is how I did both pictures.

Here is another explanation of how it works. http://www.hdrsoft.com/examples.html

Interesting! Do you have the original photos of the two you did, I'd be interested to see the difference. It makes a lot more sense now how everything blends together.

 

[tonycondon]

thats awesome Matt. I can almost see a miniature me being the first person to not get Steve Fossett's autograph!

 

[Everskyward]

Do you have the original photos of the two you did, I'd be interested to see the difference. It makes a lot more sense now how everything blends together.

Here are the two original photo and the two altered ones...

 

[fgcason]

That's awesome! It's like playing with depth of focus, but to an extreme.

Depth of field requires physical depth to be there for the lens/aperture combination to work with. Lensbaby will generate blurring on a flat surface.

I've been toying with the idea of HDR for some of my work though I'm kind of shying away from it. Traditionally it's cheating. (I got the hairly eyeball one evening while discussing possible ways to go with photography) You can get the same base effect from a graduated filter and/or a polarizer with one shot without the motion problem. For some images I really do like some of the effects you can generate with generic HDR software though. Maybe I'll do a HDR series at some point.


Here's a fun one for you. Dirt simple but how did I do it?

 

[Teller1900]

Depth of field requires physical depth to be there for the lens/aperture combination to work with. Lensbaby will generate blurring on a flat surface.

I've been toying with the idea of HDR for some of my work though I'm kind of shying away from it. Traditionally it's cheating. (I got the hairly eyeball one evening while discussing possible ways to go with photography) You can get the same base effect from a graduated filter and/or a polarizer with one shot without the motion problem. For some images I really do like some of the effects you can generate with generic HDR software though. Maybe I'll do a HDR series at some point.


Here's a fun one for you. Dirt simple but how did I do it?

Well, my obvious inclination is that the dog is sitting up on something with the camera really close to it and a decently wide lens...but I'm guessing it's not that simple

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Here's a fun one for you. Dirt simple but how did I do it?

Well, you started with a giant, yet still cute and fluffy, dog. Right?

 

[Everskyward]

I've been toying with the idea of HDR for some of my work though I'm kind of shying away from it. Traditionally it's cheating.

Hehe. That's the photographer's version of the pilot debate over whether things like autopilots or GPS are "cheating"... or not.

 

[fgcason]

Well, my obvious inclination is that the dog is sitting up on something with the camera really close to it and a decently wide lens...but I'm guessing it's not that simple

It's a generic 18-55mm lens. The sun is at her 7:30 position in blatant violation of the generic p&s sun over your shoulder in the subjects face rule. I had to keep the sky from washing out too.

Simple: Add a circular polarizer to bring out the colors in the sky. Backlight the dog about 5 feet away with the sun through her hair and focus. Open the aperture 2 stops (brighter) to narrow depth of field. (The polarizer is one stop darker for a total of 1 stop brighter than normal which is about right for aiming into soft out of focus shadows) Wiggle your fingers in the air where you want her to look then pop the flash in her face to fill in the dark areas by about 2/3rd's of a stop. No post processing. (I do need good flash with a gel filter to balance the colors better but I'm still learning)

Well, you started with a giant, yet still cute and fluffy, dog. Right?

You've got that soooo right.
That specific dog knows more about the technical aspects of photography that I do. I'm not kidding. She's been around serious professional outdoor photography most of her life. The shots that didn't have a hope, she would keep wanting to go. (You should have seen one of the looks I got on a completely stupid photo attempt) The mediocre shots, she was very tolerant for a while then want to go. The shots that would work, she would sit there or wander around on her own until I was done. Next time we go out shooting, I'm going to ask her opinion before pulling out the tripod.

 

[citationxjl]

I had not heard of the tilt-shift photos. I might have to try that some of those. Here are a couple of my HDR photos.

 

[fgcason]

I had not heard of the tilt-shift photos. I might have to try that some of those. Here are a couple of my HDR photos.

That radial...Wow!
(Where's the bow down smilie when you need it)

 

[Everskyward]

Here are a couple of my HDR photos.

Those are great!

 

[Teller1900]

I had not heard of the tilt-shift photos. I might have to try that some of those. Here are a couple of my HDR photos.

Those are fantastic! I'd love to see what you could do with tilt shift.

 

[Teller1900]

Ok, Frank, how's this for a lensbaby attempt (granted I'm cheating and doing it in post)?

 

[fgcason]

Ok, Frank, how's this for a lensbaby attempt (granted I'm cheating and doing it in post)?

I'm not an expert on lensbaby by any stretch of the imagination. I've only seen a few dozen or so pictures done that way.

The defocus needs to go progressively further out of focus as it moves further away from the focus point. Then again it also depends on the lens and method being used as well.