1. this first image is courtesy of the aforementioned Photog of Extreme Suave and Gusto (PESG) aka rod-bro aka lil' rofo aka rod)) and is pretty much straight out of the camera, aside from some heavy handed cropping on my part. (it originally had a lot of palm tree action vertically which threw off the miniaturizing effect of the TS effect, so for the sake of said effect, i cropped.)
2. this is a picture from an airplane window. the tilt-shift is diagonal which gives it a semi-miniaturizing effect, but not completely, and it looks kind of weird. weird and out of focus. dig it.
3. in this one, i wanted to use the TS to minimize, rather than miniaturize. by blurring what little extraneous detail there IS in this image, i was hoping to exaggerate the delicateness of the birds on the line. i did all of that on accident, but after letting the action run, i realized that's what it did for me. then i added a ton of curves and junk on top to even the lighting and tones.
so there's a quick preview of the action. it definitely doesn't replace a real TS lens IMO, but it's a lot cheaper. however, i haven't let the f/zero INSANE quality action run it's course yet because it really might take all day from what i can tell (it utilizes the lens blur filter in PS which is a beast of a filter no matter what kind of processing power your packing). so, that might come close to the real TS deal, but like i said, to my knowledge, the actions are just a quick fix. k bye.
You are officially my retoucher. When people ask, "Do you use Photoshop?" now I can say confidently, "NO! But I know a guy who does."
ReplyDeleteThe Barbie play set looks crazy. Sometimes I wonder if the "birds-eye-view" TS thing is just cool to look at but is too gimmicky to actually deliver to a client. But it still makes me want to hire a pilot.
Seriously, thanks for spending the time on that. Just hug-h yourself for me.
ReplyDelete