"Model City"

[sGu]

Hello folks, not posted for a while, hopefully you'll enjoy the mini series :D

http://www.magutosh.com/blog/images/20060917133739_kf3q2230.jpg

http://www.magutosh.com/blog/images/20060903144643_kf3q1982.jpg

http://www.magutosh.com/blog/images/20060915212002_kf3q2212.jpg

http://www.magutosh.com/blog/images/20060916103441_kf3q2228.jpg

[K.J]

Ha,ha! Great images - how did you do it?

[Forest_Crawler]

It's an effect called 'Tilt-Shift' and it is incredible. Here's a tutorial on how to do it. Take an aerial shot or a city scene and run a lens blur and it turns the cityscape into what looks like a toy model. Pretty slick!

http://recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/

[Epluim]

Those are great! Just like toys!

[sGu]

Forget about the tutorial, nothing beats the real tilt shift lens, the gradual blur is something rather difficult to copy, but it sure is a cheap alternative.

Those were shot on a 45mm TS before I switched to the 24mm TS, I'm more focusing on architecture part of shots at the moment.

Now I'm saving for the 90mm TS lens :D

[Jim G]

Wow.. That's a seriously cool effect. Very nice work :)

[DanteCaspian]

Neat!

[Mathiau]

that is awsome.

[sGu]

Thanks guys, really appreciate your feedback :D

[PAFC2004]

Awesome. The effect worked perfectly.

[jediforce4ever]

Is this real or what??:razz:

Great shots!!

[sGu]

Is this real or what??:razz:

Great shots!!

It's real, all real :D :D :D

[NewfCop188]

awesome work, i was wondering at 1st where you got the realistic looking construction workers

[keith isaac]

cool!!!

[pup]

i love that effect!

[sGu]

Thanks for all your positive feedback, I will post another bunch soon :D

[Qweevox]

This reminds me. I once saw some photos of a real city made to look like a model. For the life of me, I cannot remember how the photographer achieved the results...but there was a technique.

Does anyone know?

[sGu]

This reminds me. I once saw some photos of a real city made to look like a model. For the life of me, I cannot remember how the photographer achieved the results...but there was a technique.

Does anyone know?

One thing I can think of was using Tilt Shift lens to adjust focus panel to narrow depth of field, that's the only technique I know to achieve such results on camera and it is also what I use, there are however, other ways to mimic the similar look in post processing.

[Jamie Holladay]

Those are amazing. Thanks for sharing!

[MagicallyDelicious]

totally love this effect

[sGu]

cheers guys for the support! :D

[Broncosaurus]

There were some similar shots from New Orleans in the Aug. issue of National Geopraphic. Very cool.
They mentioned a '50s vintage camera was used for some of the shots but I figured there was more to it.

[kfry]

lol, i feel stupid. at first i thought it was actually a model city, and my jaw dropped at its detail.

[PostShawn]

Wow. I keep trying that but they don't come out that good. Those came out awesome. Nice work!

[WxGuesser]

that is so cool.. until i read the whole thread.. i was thinking.. how did he make the clouds?!

[sGu]

LOL, you guys are cracking me up :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for looking :D

[Familia]

WOW! that is really outstanding!

[sGu]

Thanks Christine :D

[ncbill]

very very cool, looks like a highly detailed train set set up.......gonna have to try this sometime

[BradT0517]

WOW that is awesome

[Jeece]

Very nice!!! On the third one, the scene seems made from Legos. The yellow hats adds to the effect too.

[<AkulA>]

How do you get the pic so clear, but the effect so perfect!? I also have problems with the picture looking blown out when I do the curves in CS2.

[sGu]

Try adjust levels instead of curves, you'll have more control over the exposure, hope this helps :D

[fi20100]

Very cool shots! Thanks for sharing.

[Servo'd]

I'm wondering, what scientifically is it about the selective focus of the tilt-shift, or whatever else the tilt-shift does, that makes its pictures look like tiny models.

[sGu]

I'm wondering, what scientifically is it about the selective focus of the tilt-shift, or whatever else the tilt-shift does, that makes its pictures look like tiny models.

I guess the narrow depth of field creates the blur, which fools our eyes, I honestly cannot think of anything scientifically that would explain why.

[ballerina]

OMG OMG OMG! I WANT TO DO THIS TOO.. Ok so you did it with a special lens? wow this rocks so muvh

[Standard Browser]

Awesome
I'm going to have to try this out. I never even knew it was possible.
I looked at the pictures and thought what an excellent job the model maker had done with the construction site.
Thank you
Brilliant photos

[Eyelikedurt]

does anyone have any hints for a similar effect in photoshop 6? i cant get CS to run on my machine :(

[sGu]

OMG OMG OMG! I WANT TO DO THIS TOO.. Ok so you did it with a special lens? wow this rocks so muvh

You can use lenses with tilt and shift function to achieve the effect, mainly tilting. There are cheap alternatives for canon mount, you don't have to buy the canon TSE lenses, however, you do compromise on the image quality a bit.

Awesome
I'm going to have to try this out. I never even knew it was possible.
I looked at the pictures and thought what an excellent job the model maker had done with the construction site.
Thank you
Brilliant photos

Thank you very much and have fun with it :D

does anyone have any hints for a similar effect in photoshop 6? i cant get CS to run on my machine
I don't know how to do this in photoshop to start with, and from what I've seen, you can never achieve the same look in photoshop compare to on camera.