The "FAKE" Tilt Shift Photo Challenge!

I have been checking out this technique for some time and decided it would make for a really fun challenge. Below you will find a brief description of what Tilt Shift photography is.

Tilt-Shift miniature faking is a creative technique whereby a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated to give an optical illusion of a photograph of a miniature scale model.
Altering the focus of the photography in Photoshop (or similar program) simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is.
In addition to focus manipulation, the tilt-shift photography effect is improved by increasing color saturation and contrast, to simulate the bright paint often found on scale models.
Most faked tilt-shift photographs are taken from a high angle to further simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature. The technique is particularly effective on buildings, cars, trains and people.

Now that we got that out of the way...
HERE IS A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN TILT SHIFT PICS!
Go through your hard drive and find a few pics that you think would look really nifty when edited this way. You can also get out and shoot a "fresh" pic.
When you are happy with what you have created, post them in this thread.

Quick, simple and fun!

Tags: miniature, models, photography, shift, tilt

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Permalink Reply by Joel Neild on January 3, 2009 at 2:11pm
Nate I like both photos! I really like the playground, that blue is outrageous!
Permalink Reply by Christina Gnadinger on January 3, 2009 at 3:55pm
I thought about that too actually, and was trying to figure out a good way to do that .. maybe i'll just select them out .. I may have to tinker with it at another time.

On the other hand .. this was from the game the other day, where they played like poo and lost .. so maybe it's good that the score is out of focus .. :P

I am going to the game tomorrow, so I'm may try and walk to the top and get a higher perspective, but it depends on the game ..

Oh .. and thanks Ryan and Joel .. :D



Jacob Zimmer said:
Christina, an arena is a great idea, but from that angle the scoreboard would be the same distance from your lens as the players on the floor, so I would keep it in focus. Same with the center of the lights.
Permalink Reply by Nate Phipps on January 3, 2009 at 5:22pm
Joel Neild said:
Nate I like both photos! I really like the playground, that blue is outrageous!

Thanks Joel, I was down next to Tumbleweed with the Family playing on the playground, camera strapped on. I tried to get a higher perspective by getting on one on the mounds. I'm still looking for a great picture to try this on. Hey what about the walking bridge, I think that will be a cool place to snap some from when they get it done.
Permalink Reply by Ryan Armbrust on January 3, 2009 at 7:16pm
Hey Nate, great shots. Check out the FAQ tab to get info on how to post the pics in the thread without linking them.
Thanks,
Ryan

Nate Phipps said:
Thanks Ryan for this challenge. This is my first time trying this. I'm still trying to find the right locale for a good shot. Here are a couple of my first attempts.
Permalink Reply by Nate Phipps on January 4, 2009 at 1:45am
Sorry about that, I was using mozilla and was having some difficulties with the upload.

Permalink Reply by Jonas Wilson on January 12, 2009 at 9:27am
Permalink Reply by Alice Thompson on January 12, 2009 at 6:54pm

I just read about Tilt Shift Maker today in the Lifehacker blog. Pretty cool and simple to use. Here's my result (my first attempt at a T/S shot).
Permalink Reply by Jacob Zimmer on January 15, 2009 at 3:42am
This is obviously the Grand Canyon from an airplane. Its really the only wide area shot I have - granted, most other examples are not of landscapes a hundred miles across. I prefer seeing the whole thing in focus.

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