Miniature photo

[timznap]

Hi,

I'm not sure if anybody love doing miniature photo from real photo. Feel free to share your creation and technique in this thread.

I started with my collection

Original

 

[Zig Ziggler]

Wow very nice! Where is this place?

 

[timznap]

Wow very nice! Where is this place?

Thanks. It was taken from the Peak tower in Hong Kong.

You also can do it on your own too. Here is the tutorial http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php

Since the first time I try this I keep trying with my photo collections, it really addictive to use this technique. It really made me satisfied when the photo doesn't looks real any more :bsmilie:

Try it on your photos and upload it here to share the result

 

[buddha baby]

cool!
d3000 has the miniature function but i've yet to try ....

 

[limwhow]

... It really made me satisfied when the photo doesn't looks real any more :bsmilie:

Hello, timznap... hahaha...
That was really cute. You have this sadistic desire to de-real your photos...:bigeyes:

 

[Expose]

wow:bigeyes: this is interesting.

 

[MrKami]

Amazing.! Thanks for the tutorial link.

 

[vincentry]

Humble sharing of my 1st attempt at Miniature effect =D

Very fun, hope to see more pictures from fellow mates!

 

[Lolrence]

How did you get that doughnut bokeh on the foreground? It's a characteristic of mirror lenses... your original pic doesn't have that, and gradient blurs aren't suppose to give you that effect.... just curious

 

[jerms]

this is called tilt shift photography... can read about it on the internet.

 

[Lolrence]

this is called tilt shift photography... can read about it on the internet.

You're replying to me?
I know it's fake tilt-shift, but don't know how those doughnut bokeh came in, cause adding grad blurs in PS won't give him that effect.

 

[cabbySHE]

Visit URA's hall of fame and you will be face with full city of miniatures, no need for T/S lenses.

 

[kaxdd]

My humble first try at this technique. Taken with my LG Renoir handphone camera and edited in PS.

 

[Kit]

this is called tilt shift photography... can read about it on the internet.

A common misconception..... this effect uses tilt(or swing), not shift but they have been generalised as T/S effects.

 

[timznap]

Humble sharing of my 1st attempt at Miniature effect =D

Very fun, hope to see more pictures from fellow mates!

Cool. Looks really like a fake... , that's the purpose. Could you upload the original picture ?

 

[timznap]

How did you get that doughnut bokeh on the foreground? It's a characteristic of mirror lenses... your original pic doesn't have that, and gradient blurs aren't suppose to give you that effect.... just curious

Alienskin Bokeh plug in will do the job ...

 

[timznap]

A common misconception..... this effect uses tilt(or swing), not shift but they have been generalised as T/S effects.

Just to help, this will give us some additional info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography

What ever the name, we are just having fun to faking the picture to be diorama looks alike :bsmilie:

All, keep trying this technique on your photos and post it here to share it with us. I suggest to post the original pic as well, so we can see how different they are

 

[timznap]

My humble first try at this technique. Taken with my LG Renoir handphone camera and edited in PS.

Good start !!!

I suggest try to use panoramic picture, like the one posted by vincentry. Close range picture will be difficult to make it looks diorama look alike.

I saw from internet, some people did it on close range picture, but not sure how they do it. Have been trying various way playing with hue/sat, brightness, contrast, gama, etc.... but still looks too real. Still learning, will post once I manage to do it for close range picture

 

[vincentry]

Cool. Looks really like a fake... , that's the purpose. Could you upload the original picture ?

=) Original as below...

 

[diziz]

Oversaturated on purpose.

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