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I bought a TS-E 24mm a while back: it was there, I had some cash and I fancied a toy.
Now, I know it's possible/easy to filter up a tilt-shift effect in Photoshop, but I wanted to try doing it out of the camera. I figured it would be challenging and fun.
Thankfully it actually is.
I'm curious to know what other people do with their tilt-shift lenses (I had a search, but didn't come up with anything concrete). Also if you own one, what situations have you been in where the tilt-shift on the lens has been a really killer feature. Here's the rub for me: aside from the 'miniature' look you can create at the margins of the adjustment, I haven't found an application for the lens where I couldn't have done what I did with anything else.
I do know that the TSE 24mm makes a damned fine prime when set straight and true though!
Entertainingly a close mate of mine who's a seasoned photography pro has tried the lens, but can't make it work for him, because he's short-sighted and can't manually focus with it!
So a couple of back to back straight and true (S&T) vs tilt and shift (T&S) images from roughly the same location, at the same time:
M40 S&T:
M40 T&S:
Compton Bay S&T:
Compton Bay T&S:
and a really weird effect from the sun on this T&S image of Newport harbour:
The thing that bugs me about shooting T&S is that it nearly always seems to wash out the colours when it's wound right over. Any insight into this would be really helpful.
Cheers.
Now, I know it's possible/easy to filter up a tilt-shift effect in Photoshop, but I wanted to try doing it out of the camera. I figured it would be challenging and fun.
Thankfully it actually is.
I'm curious to know what other people do with their tilt-shift lenses (I had a search, but didn't come up with anything concrete). Also if you own one, what situations have you been in where the tilt-shift on the lens has been a really killer feature. Here's the rub for me: aside from the 'miniature' look you can create at the margins of the adjustment, I haven't found an application for the lens where I couldn't have done what I did with anything else.
I do know that the TSE 24mm makes a damned fine prime when set straight and true though!
Entertainingly a close mate of mine who's a seasoned photography pro has tried the lens, but can't make it work for him, because he's short-sighted and can't manually focus with it!
So a couple of back to back straight and true (S&T) vs tilt and shift (T&S) images from roughly the same location, at the same time:
M40 S&T:
![7847515722_b2a09b695e_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8437%2F7847515722_b2a09b695e_b.jpg&hash=4f33d8803c37ea65acd5e5004d012ec8)
M40 T&S:
![7847515952_0c1067cae1_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8298%2F7847515952_0c1067cae1_b.jpg&hash=173aedcc84215a90327189990b7c00dd)
Compton Bay S&T:
![7760242950_167e568084_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7123%2F7760242950_167e568084_b.jpg&hash=01b0dd872eb66450338cd82b13421ded)
Compton Bay T&S:
![7760244100_b9687e6850_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8424%2F7760244100_b9687e6850_b.jpg&hash=5a67bd301b08137bc91fdedee202b9dc)
and a really weird effect from the sun on this T&S image of Newport harbour:
![7301568196_99dcee362b_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7097%2F7301568196_99dcee362b_b.jpg&hash=e68ec7679e99ae3a9d589066d67681ae)
The thing that bugs me about shooting T&S is that it nearly always seems to wash out the colours when it's wound right over. Any insight into this would be really helpful.
Cheers.