2009.08.17 "Cars" Discussion

GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
edited August 2009 in Lifestyle
Holy crap, Marushka, that's awesome! It totally looks like you photographed a scale model of a street. Part of that comes from things being out of focus, but I think what's really giving me that idea is the color and texture of the Mustang's paint - it reminds me so much of a Hot Wheels car.

What sort of post did you use? Is the blur from the photo itself or from the post?

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  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    I too, find that photo most awesome, interested in the deets.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Tilt-shift photography. Quite impressive. :)
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    I completely agree. It totally looks like some sort of toy scene. The effect is really cool.
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    This isn't a particularly wonderful picture, but I thought it was rather touching. It's from the All Pontiac Car show from the Cruising Tigers

    3770999410_dd1c598a1b.jpg
  • MarushkaMarushka cambridge, ma Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    you guys thats awesome you like it! it was a tilt-shift tutorial that I read online http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php

    I thought at first i wanted to take a pic of a little hot wheels car I could find at the store, but then I figured why not try something new with photoshop!

    I think usually the best photos for tilt-shift have a little more going on, and come from an elevated angle to really give the idea of a miniature, so I wasnt totally happy with this final product - mostly because I KNEW its the car right out front of my house :)
  • MarushkaMarushka cambridge, ma Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    the original photo, nothin much special.

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40153539@N08/3832946352/&quot; title="cars original by vertatle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3832946352_1d60bc37af_m.jpg&quot; width="240" height="180" alt="cars original" /></a>


    Gnome queen - that must have been awesome to see. Are you still shooting with film?
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Yup! Though the other day I got to play with Prime's camera and it was awfully nice...though it's cheating, it focuses FOR you! Curse you kids and your new fangled technology.
  • MarushkaMarushka cambridge, ma Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    ha and their "rock music." :)

    cool shot.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    I don't go back to my Boston roots very often, but -

    Mah-ru, that shawt rawks wickid hahd.

    Glad to see you branching out in post! It's a very good effect. You're right, you do traditionally see them from a higher angle so it looks like you're actually taking a picture of a miniature, but I really like your shot. Quick way to take an otherwise (good but) normal shot and make it wonderfully interesting.

    For those that want a little more information about it, a tilt-shift lens can realign where your focal plane of the shot is. In traditional shots, your focal plane is exactly parallel to your sensor or film - light comes into the camera, does its thing, and doesn't do anything quirky. In a tilt-shift setup, you can move the focal plane to, for instance, lay along a street or up a building so the entire length of that thing, all the way into the distance, is in focus, and everything else has a nice bokeh to it resulting from the smaller depth of field.

    A TS lens is probably 4th or 5th in line for desired purchases for me right now... I'm making do with a Lensbaby instead.
  • MarushkaMarushka cambridge, ma Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    If anyone is interested, here is the tutorial! The picture they use shows the full awesomeness of the effect. But if you know photoshop, reading through this and trying it with my own pic probably took 30 minutes max (10 to do it, 20 to fiddle around with it).

    http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php
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