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Cirrus2000
11-19-2010, 11:17 PM
Anybody done any of this stuff? I remember seeing some photos like this elsewhere, and how cool they look - like miniatures or toys. Then my wife mentioned that they use it in the credits of the new Sherlock Holmes BBC series. So I decided to look further into how to do this.

So it's easily google-able, and I started messing around. A few have come out fairly well:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_O_8PLe3Zn6g/TOdwz6u0K3I/AAAAAAAAZRU/9tjLIjm1qEI/s640/IMGP3299.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_O_8PLe3Zn6g/TOdw2176gpI/AAAAAAAAZR8/LlJNTCOB_Ik/s640/IMGP4047.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_O_8PLe3Zn6g/TOdw05lIQrI/AAAAAAAAZRk/vZZ6_ic-VvY/s640/IMGP3936.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_O_8PLe3Zn6g/TOdw4G6MxOI/AAAAAAAAZSM/jM3h6gPYeMw/s720/IMG_0020.JPG

Anyone else been messing with this stuff? :popcorn:

By the way, a cool collection of them here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/16/beautiful-examples-of-tilt-shift-photography/
Win
11-20-2010, 05:54 AM
A friend of mine has a Canon SD1400 and it has "miniature mode" to get results like that. I might pick a used one if it's cheap enough, only $175.00 new, though.

Win
ibenick
11-20-2010, 06:49 AM
Nice, Kev! Maybe I'll have to try this out.
remoteman45
11-20-2010, 10:06 PM
You can also do it with software called Bokeh2 by Alien Skin.
ibenick
11-20-2010, 10:27 PM
You can also do it with software called Bokeh2 by Alien Skin.

They want $199 for that!?! %*$@ing ridiculous. :crazy:
remoteman45
11-21-2010, 01:57 PM
Oh but it's amazing what you can do with it. Check out this before and after shot of this horse
oldno7
11-21-2010, 02:41 PM
The actual color of the horse is much better in the original..
ibenick
11-21-2010, 02:50 PM
Still not worth $200, IMO.

:soapbox: Software should be cheap like apps for your phone or tablet. Okay, maybe not that cheap but more like $50 tops for a really nice piece of software like Photoshop. Plugins, Photomatix and stuff like that Bokeh2 should be more like $5-$20. I think if software companies would pull their heads out and charge reasonable amounts then people would actually pay for the software making them far more money in the end. Instead most download cracks, find serials, etc.
oldno7
11-21-2010, 04:49 PM
Still not worth $200, IMO.
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Did you read what I wrote?
ibenick
11-21-2010, 05:12 PM
Did you read what I wrote?

Yep. And I completely agree with you. My response was to what remoteman45 said. The point of the software is the bokeh effect in the image. Even if the foreground had maintained its original image quality and the desired bokeh was attained, I still wouldn't think it was worth $200. :mrgreen:
dioscuriII
12-01-2010, 08:46 AM
I love tilt-shift. Good pics.