Great little video - unusual technique.

[Fastra]

Just been sent this, nothing amazing content wise, but I find the use of focusing and speed quite brilliant.
Reminds of watching 'Modelers World' when I was a kid - I think it was that, an old guy, big tash making and painting tiny model soldiers and the like - anyway, there was only certain bits of it in focus as they zoomed in so close.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

[GetCarter]

Tilt Shift.

Quite a nice example.

[rhinochopig]

I keep seeing these - how do they work / what is it about them that makes them look like a very good scale model?

[GetCarter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photograph...

[Fastra]

GetCarter said:

Tilt Shift.

Quite a nice example.

Tilt Shift.

Thats the one!

I was reading a tutorial the other week about it:

http://philipbloom.net/2010/07/06/using-magic-bull...

Brilliant how it all becomes very surreal.

Edited by Fastra on Thursday 7th October 15:35

[SamHH]

rhinochopig said:

I keep seeing these - how do they work / what is it about them that makes them look like a very good scale model?

The focal plane is altered so that rather than being parallel to the film/sensor, it is at an angle. This can be used to either increase or decrease the apparent depth of field (the actual depth of field stays the same). In this case, the apparent depth of field is decreased to make it look like it would if you photographed/filmed a scale model. The opposite use would be where you're shooting a wide-angle scene with near and far components and you want everything to be in focus.

To do this you either need a lens or a camera that allows tilt. You can replicate the effect of decreasing the depth of field on the computer by blurring part of the scene, but it only with certain compositions.

The shift part of 'tilt-shift' is something different but I guess the phrase is popular because lenses and cameras that can tilt tend to be able to shift too.

Edited by SamHH on Thursday 7th October 15:25

[rhinochopig]

Cheers folks. Clever stuff and very effective.

[RichTbiscuit]

One of the better examples I've seen. You can have a go yourself using this website

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

[Speed addicted]

http://lensbaby.com/lenses-composer-tt.php

There is an attachment for the SLR. Added to the list of stuff I want!

[muppetdave]

Some of the tilt-shift photos you see are great, and the effect works well, but quite honestly I'm not sure it works so well in a video? I don't like only having the narrow field of focussed view where things move between oof and in focus.

[Silent1]

muppetdave said:

Some of the tilt-shift photos you see are great, and the effect works well, but quite honestly I'm not sure it works so well in a video? I don't like only having the narrow field of focussed view where things move between oof and in focus.

Watch this one then:
http://vimeo.com/9679622

[rottie102]

This is the most PH one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_k2NlHODA4

Is Tilt-Shift a new HDR?

[Fastra]

rottie102 said:

This is the most PH one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_k2NlHODA4

Is Tilt-Shift a new HDR?

Brilliant!!

Although the set-up before hand was a bit of a bugger:



and the spectator seemed to enjoy themselves:

[NWVT]

all im saying is


Themepark World or Theme Hospital lol