Miniture Boats.. Does this work?

[Trev Rich]

I am loving other peoples work using tilt shift..
So I had a go myself at some Poole harbour shots I took awhile back.
Do these work?
If you think not.. where do you think I'm going wrong?

http://trevrich.com/php/images/talkphoto/img_4909.jpg

http://trevrich.com/php/images/talkphoto/img_4900.jpg

[jackbauer]

sorry i'm confused. are they suppose to be picts of miniture boats?? if so is that a real human being on the second pict??

[Shutterman]

Trev I think you have done a great job with these, I have yet to figure out this method... I take it you are doing this during PP.

Thanks are great... big :thumbs: up from me..

Shutterman

[Trev Rich]

They are supposed to look miniture.. they are not really miniture.

[Just Dave]

I like #1 I think that works, :thumbs:

#2 there not real people Jack their toys :D

[Trev Rich]

Trev I think you have done a great job with these, I have yet to figure out this method... I take it you are doing this during PP.

Thanks are great... big :thumbs: up from me..

Shutterman

Thanks mate..
Just google "tilt shift".. tis quite easy really... just need an image that works with it.

[Trev Rich]

I like #1 I think that works, :thumbs:

#2 there not real people Jack their toys :D

:lol::lol::lol: .......bless

[Just Dave]

Hi I did a video tut a few months ago Click Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_WnZFW9QE) its a bit small but if your know photoshop interface youll be able to make it out

Dave

[cosmix3]

1 works well for me, not quite sure about 2, cant put my finger on it but it dosent quite work for me.

[dazzajl]

Do these work?
If you think not.. where do you think I'm going wrong?

I think that the first shot is the slightly better candidate for this but the second shot has been worked a little better.

These stand or fall on how well you replicate the focal plane and it's a tad off in the first. The plane should be parallel to the film/chip, which would have the front of the big boat on the right sharp perhaps but not the middle section as it is now. Unless it's tilt/shift/swing of course. :)

[Cobra]

they both work for me, though I prefer #1:thumbs:
Cool tute Dave:thumbs:

[Trev Rich]

I think that the first shot is the slightly better candidate for this but the second shot has been worked a little better.

These stand or fall on how well you replicate the focal plane and it's a tad off in the first. The plane should be parallel to the film/chip, which would have the front of the big boat on the right sharp perhaps but not the middle section as it is now. Unless it's tilt/shift/swing of course. :)

To be honest.. I dont really know what Im doing yet..
I just tried it on some aerial shots on google.. Cant post them as they arent my originals..
Now I need to find somewhere high.....

[dazzajl]

To be honest.. I dont really know what Im doing yet..

Well it's looking pretty good so far. To get the focal plane stuff right in these, imagine a length of rope going across the picture parallel to the camera. Everything on that rope (or directly above or below it) should be sharp, everything that's not, blur it.

Or buy a view camera with tilt. You don't actually need the shift. ;)

[Trev Rich]

Ok heres the original.. well a link to it..
fel free to have a go and post it up.
Would love to see what it looks like done better.

http://trevrich.com/php/images/talkphoto/poole-harbour.jpg

[dazzajl]

super rough and ready with blur as subtle as a brick and nowhere near as nice as yours but these are the bits I think should be left sharp. :)

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/poole-harbour.jpg

[Trev Rich]

I see.. so just mask the patrol boat....
hmmmm im getting it now... I think!!
haha

[dazzajl]

so just mask the patrol boat..

mostly in that shot. I reckon from where you took that shot, it's mostly just the main boat that would be sharp but also the very front section of the big ol' yellow thing.

[Trev Rich]

I see... when u said front before.. i was looking at the back.... ahh this wines killing me :)

[Just Dave]

Hi

Heres my quick edit

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1753/farm1.jpg

Original Photo By Trev Rich

http://trevrich.com/php/images/talkphoto/img_4909.jpg

Dave

[Trev Rich]

its really hard to mask the boast with out it really sticking out where the non blurred bit is around it...
Have to be really picky with the brush size me thinks..

[Just Dave]

it doesnt have to be precise as long as its completely masked, dont matter if its over a bit you can mask outside the lines, if you know what I mean, you can always paint back with the black, all though Idnt spend more than a minute on it so its not all that brill,

[dazzajl]

.... ahh this wines killing me :)

First glass poured now, in a little while it should all be a nice even blur. :thumbs::D

[Trev Rich]

First glass poured now, in a little while it should all be a nice even blur. :thumbs::D

soon everything will look miniture.. and in triplicate!!:nuts:

[Matt Sayle]

I really like number 1 :D