Fake Tilt Shift

So I saw this PS technique in a magazine and wanted to try it out. The problem is I've been staring at it and just can't tell if it looks miniature...all I see is the original picture. So I guess I'm just wondering if it works. I can handle truth.

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lol .. It looks mini to me but then I try to make it look real and I get stuck in between ... if that makes any sense!

but for the most part MINI!!

GOod job I need to try this@!

Your right, it does look mini, but cool technique!

Took me a couple of searches to find this, since this place moves so fast, but this thread about model simulation with tilt/shift pops up every couple days:

https://photography-on-the.net …0128&highlight=​fake+model

Looks very nice!

to have the mini effect a bit more dramatic find photos that are taken from an angle of elevation/looking over a city or landscape.

You seem to have the technique down, but another image would probably work better. With the dead-on view, it's lacking foreground and background buildings and objects that, when out of focus, really make the effect. As it is, it still looks like a model, but try a photo that was taken from a higher vantage point and you'll probably get better results.

That caused me actual physical pain!


Seriously though, interesting effect, but I can't see many applications for it....?

Thank you all for your comments!

Brianch and thesilent...Yeah, I was thinking that too. Unfortunately I don't have very many pictures from a high vantage point.

skygod...I saw the technique in a magazine, which lead me to look up some pictures on the net, and I thought they looked cool. But you're right, there isn't a whole lot I could do with it. It was fun, though!

I think the foreground is hurting you the most. Apply the edits that you're going by, and make a layer mask for the foreground at about 50% or so. The subject(s) look miniature, but your foregrounds look like nothing more than a crapload of gausian blur on top of it. I think you have some real potential if you smooth that out.

griptape wrote in post #7461608
I think the foreground is hurting you the most. Apply the edits that you're going by, and make a layer mask for the foreground at about 50% or so. The subject(s) look miniature, but your foregrounds look like nothing more than a crapload of gausian blur on top of it. I think you have some real potential if you smooth that out.

Thank you for your comment. I'll try to fix the blur.

I found a different shot and I think it worked better. What do ya'll think? Is it too blurry?

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Cdeming wrote in post #7461676
Thank you for your comment. I'll try to fix the blur.

I found a different shot and I think it worked better. What do ya'll think? Is it too blurry?

That's definitely better!
But still disturbing............​hmmm, maybe that's a good thing..........
[Climbs out of his current way-of-thinking once more! Thanks Cdeming! ]

Your second image is better than the first. #1 the horizontal angle is not straight throws out the image. The centre area in a tilt/shift is supposed to be essentially focused or sharp and this is not.

#2 is much better, though I think it would be better if is was straighter.

Can you post your technique to this thread?

I think the second one is a lot better also. I think it's just a hair too blurry, if any, but that's more personal taste. If you told me you had done it with a TS lens, I would probably believe you.

been trying out the same thing lately ... I had a bit more success when I add a little more saturation and fiddling with the curves as shown in this tutorial

http://www.tiltshiftph​otography.net/photosho​p-tutorial.php