Fake Miniature Photography - Ducati.ms

Bill_Anderson · Oct 27th, 2011, 4:12 am

Check out this article on creating fake miniature photos. I'll admit that some of the photos, which look like they came off a model railroad layout, had me fooled.
Fake Miniature Photography Photos | Fake Miniature Photography Pictures - Yahoo! Games

OmegaAus · Oct 27th, 2011, 4:50 am

I just bought a canon SX40hs camera (x35 optical zoom), it has a program that will do the exact same thing. Very cool just figuring out how to use all the functions.

Omega

phantomfighter · Oct 27th, 2011, 6:28 am

This is called tilt shift.

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Bill_Anderson · Oct 27th, 2011, 11:31 am

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Originally Posted by phantomfighter

This is called tilt shift.

Canon has tilt shift lenses. Here is the least expensive one:
Canon U.S.A. : Consumer & Home Office : TS-E 45mm f/2.8

mlukason · Nov 8th, 2011, 6:29 pm

Tilt shift is pretty cool. You can imitate the a tilt shift lens effect using Photoshop...a lot cheaper than a tilt shift lens!

DUCeditor · Nov 8th, 2011, 7:04 pm

Tilt Shift lenses have two prime functions. They can control perspective, keeping parallel lines parallel when the camera body ("film plane") is tilted up or down, and to allow control of depth of focus.

Think of yourself photographing a church with a tall steeple. To get it in you would likely tilt the camera up, but in so doing the lines of the steeple would come together towards the new (artificial) horizon line. By keeping the film plane parallel to the subject and tilting the lens you could include the top of the steeple and still have the lines stay parallel.

On sheet film cameras the lens board is moved. This allows any lens to in effect become a tilt/shift lens.

Its use in miniature photography is largely to extend depth of focus. When a camera is focused on a small near object everything out of the plane of focus gets blurred. But my having the plane of focus nearer on the bottom than the top you can make both near and far objects stay in focus thus hiding the fact that your subject is near and small.

-don

todka · Nov 21st, 2011, 2:19 am

Here is a tilt shift shot taken with a cheap lens-baby lens.

BTW, how do you post an image into a post, instead of posting it as a linked thumbnail?

Cheers,

Bill_Anderson · Nov 21st, 2011, 3:25 am

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Originally Posted by todka

Here is a tilt shift shot taken with a cheap lens-baby lens.

BTW, how do you post an image into a post, instead of posting it as a linked thumbnail?

Cheers,

I think this is what you do:
Post the photo to a photo hosting site such as FlickR. When you have the photo on your computer screen, right click your mouse on the photo and then click on "Properties." Copy the URL and paste it on your Ducati.MS post.

Viewing the thumbnails would not be a problem if the powers that be would bring back the Lightbox picture viewing feature.
Bring back Lightbox picture viewing for attached images!

todka · Nov 21st, 2011, 6:42 am

OK, testing, testing, 1,2,3....

todka · Nov 21st, 2011, 6:47 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill_Anderson

I think this is what you do:
Post the photo to a photo hosting site such as FlickR. When you have the photo on your computer screen, right click your mouse on the photo and then click on "Properties." Copy the URL and paste it on your Ducati.MS post.

Thanks Bill. That worked.
I dont have that image on Flickr, but I get how to do it now.

Cheers.