Tilt shift "Toytown" pics.

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There have been a few "toytown" pics posted lately, no disrespect to those posting, but I do not get any viewing pleasure out of them at all.

Is it just me:shrug:
 
is tilt shift the new hdr :naughty::naughty::lol:
 
Like anything else it's a phase that people see and replicate.

I noticed it starting with people converting their images to black and white, then to black and white with some bright red/other vivd colour, then onto HDR, then microplanets
 
Bertha37 said:
Do you mean attempt to entrap an Eastern European or did you actually mean to say 'set up a poll?' :D
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Its a quiet evening lets do both :thumbs: :D

I'm indifferent TBH Mal
Some seem better than others
 
Uneducated_Rick said:
... then microplanets
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Sorry, what are these microplanets you speak of?

The whole tilt/shift thing was mildly entertaining the first time I saw it but it's not something I'd rush off to try myself.
 
Daysleeper40 said:
Sorry, what are these microplanets you speak of?

The whole tilt/shift thing was mildly entertaining the first time I saw it but it's not something I'd rush off to try myself.
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I'll try and dig up an example - I can't even remember how they were done.

It was a circle of landscape with sky around it looking like a very small planet with exceedingly big trees (for the size of the planet) on them
 
Galaxy66, I know what you mean. It's like HDR - when used right it produces spectacular images but you rarely see it used well.

There was some thread on here a while ago showing a panel of prize-winning images (something to do with Sony I think) and there was one of a snowboard park shot with a tilt 'n' shift and it looked amazing in B&W.
 
kelack said:
is tilt shift the new hdr :naughty::naughty::lol:
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Or even better a tilt/shift HDR!!!:lol::lol:
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I like tilt and shift ..... :whistling:
 
Nearly a grand for a Canon tilt shift lens:eek:
 
Tilt shift shots make me feel a bit queasy for some reason; I can't quite figure it out.
 
Dan76 said:
Tilt shift shots make me feel a bit queasy for some reason; I can't quite figure it out.
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That's cos you need to look at them when you haven't got a cold mythos in your hand ;)
 
What's the problem? Photography, like any hobby, is supposed to be fun. Post processing is part of the fun of that. Sometimes you have a shot that doesn't look as good without manipulation. Sometimes, as mentioned above, you see a technique and think, "I'll try that."

I've no problem with purists, but that doesn't mean it's not photography if someone wants to manipulate thier shots to show a different world. I think tilt shift (either real of fake) is fascinating because it demonstrates that what the eyes see and the brain interprets is not reality.
 
Tilt shift is a valuable technique in photography (or to be precise tilting and shifting are valuable techniques in photography) but like HDR when overdone they can look crass. Likewise, you can't fully replicate the true effect from using the correct lens in post processing.

A lot of product photography is done using TS lenses to allow the plane of focus to be moved from the vertical to another plane. Since you can't change the plane of focus in post processing mearly blur front and back the final image is different.

Some of the best landscape pictures use tilt to push the plane of focus level with the ground, giving incredible sharpness from foreground to background whilst softening the sky a little. This is one of the key advantages of a LF view camera. I've also seen tilting used in water drops to get the plane of the water sharp and hence increase the depth of field.

What can be replicated more easily in post processing but doesn't seem to be much is the shift function which is used to control perspective and converging verticals.
 
Going by some of the other posts, you'd be led to believe that your some pathetic amateur to try out any hdr, black & White or colour popping techniques.
 
Philx1979 said:
Going by some of the other posts, you'd be led to believe that your some pathetic amateur to try out any hdr, black & White or colour popping techniques.
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I don't think so, I just think that it is one of those photographic trends:

-fruit being dropped into water
-hdr images
-selective colouring

to name a few.

When used appropriately the effects can be very subtle and effective.
Some people do it just to give it a go, myself included.
The OP was merely stating that they do not enjoy looking at them and was curious as to whether it was just them who felt this way.
 
clud17 said:
:agree: it is facinating how a little applied blur can totaly fool the human mind
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It is quite interesting when thats pretty much what the eye sees anyway, the eye only "sees" a small sharp area with a blur around it, courious that the same thing confuses the brain so easily. :shrug:
 
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