Link of the day: Incredible tilt-shift photography
Here’s a fantastic compilation of 50 “tilt-shift” photos–photos taken with a special lens that gives the appearance of an extremely limited depth of field, thus making things look miniature–as well as a few videos.
The images, compiled by Smashing Magazine, are by a smattering of both pro and amateur photographers. It looks as though many of them were nabbed from flickr.
If these intriguing shots inspire you to get into this type of shooting yourself, start shopping around–tilt-shift lenses are made by most of the major manufacturers. They don’t normally come cheap. For example, Nikon’s PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED lens (PC stands for “perspective control) typically retails in the neighborhood of $2,000. Canon’s TS-E 24mm runs for about $1,300.
If you’re not ready to make that splurge, at the end of the post there are links to other great tilt-shift photography resources with alternatives, such as this post on tiltshiftphotography.net showing how to fake tilt-shift images in Photoshop.
Check out a few of the photos below as well as a couple of time-lapse photography videos of some scenes near Sydney, Australia. Keep in mind that these aren’t models.
Visit Smashing Magazine to view the entire post.
Enjoy!
Photo by B Tal
Photo by Kurtis Perry
Photo by roevin
Tilt-shift effect (test 2) from Julien Vignali on Vimeo.
Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
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