A "Model" Vacation - in the miniature style

[Beau Hudspeth]

Here is a shot of the MS Paradise cruise liner I shot and then rendered in miniature.

Before blurring the image, I ran the BuZZ filter over it to remove some of the smaller bits that tend to break the illusion and reveal the true scale of the subject(s).

Enjoy!

http://www.betterphoto.com/uploads/processed/0726/0706250149161a_model_v.jpg

[woodsj6]

I have to try this, I'm loving this tequnique.

[liquefied]

Looks god although the railing at the bottom should be blurred a lot more, it would be considerably more out of focus if this were a real miniature.

[Beau Hudspeth]

... the bottom should be blurred a lot more, it would be considerably more out of focus if this were a real miniature.That depends on the aperture that was used and the max ap of your lens. As this one sits, I tried it with more blur and did not like the way it turned out.

Thanx!

[liquefied]

The question of aperture size doesn't matter actually. The further something is from the plane of focus the more out of focus it is so when you use the same level of gaussian blur for the whole bottom part of the photo it doesn't mimic real depth of field. But if you like it better this way then that's what matters.

[Lil Light]

I really like the picture!! i was just wondering if that was really just a model? Because that looks very very similar to the cruise i was jsut resacently on! Thats really neat!

[Beau Hudspeth]

I really like the picture!! i was just wondering if that was really just a model? Because that looks very very similar to the cruise I was just recently on! Thats really neat!Nope. It is a real ship. This one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Paradise).

[tumana]

The DoF doesn't look natural. It all of a sudden just gets blurred after a certain line. And something at that line and something at the end of the picture have the same blurriness (sp?). Have you tried to feather the selection before applying the blur (if you're using Photoshop)?

Select area of photo
Select > Feather
Enter desired amount of feathering

ian

[Lil Light]

Did the ship have a name on it?.. Like Fascination... Imagination...?

[Beau Hudspeth]

Have you tried to feather the selection before applying the blur (if you're using Photoshop)?It was quite feathered. You end up with a heavily feathered selection when you use the gradient with the quick mask.

[Beau Hudspeth]

Did the ship have a name on it?.. Like Fascination... Imagination...?Yep ... it is in the first and 7th post - MS Paradise.

[Stav_98]

I love these images.

[Beau Hudspeth]

I love these images.Thanks Sir, and BTW, I beleive it is "Canis meus id comedit." - My dog ate it :D