Tilt-Shift miniature faking is a creative technique whereby a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated to give an optical illusion of a photograph of a miniature scale model.
Altering the focus of the photography in Photoshop simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is.
In addition to focus manipulation, the tilt-shift photography effect is improved by increasing color saturation and contrast, to simulate the bright paint often found on scale models.
Most faked tilt-shift photographs are taken from a high angle to further simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature. The technique is particularly effective on buildings, cars, trains and people.
The following websites provide useful informations and tuotials about Tilt-Shift miniature faking :
- tiltshiftphotography.net
- tiltshiftmaker.com
- Tilt-Shift photography links
- InstantShift
- TiltShiftGenerator
- Hongkiat.com
- VisualPhotoGuide
- Smash&Peas
- DigitalPictureZone
- WebUrbanist
- DigitalArtistToolbox
- Listfied
- Inspiredology
Some outstanding tilt-shift photos published on flickr under a creative common licence are listed below:
- Tiltshift, outside Waterloo station by cloudsoup
- Elan Valley Miniature by Frosted Peppercorn
- biG miNiaTURe wOrLd by 27147
- Miniature Tate Modern by jeangenie
- Soccer Player by m4r1usha
- Carnival rides by spike55151
- NYC Street by .mushi_king
- Train station at night by JanneM
- Sydney, Australia From Above by Becky E
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by hey tiffany!
- A village in Greenland by Dylan Bishop
- Cleveland Clinic Miniature by House Photography
- Classy Chassis Car Show by baldheretic
- Tiny Bus Stop 2 by oed
- Barcos III by luipermom
- Model Aquabus by Arthur Smokes
- Pic of the Day #892 by Kenneth Hynek
- To put out matches / Para apagar cerillas bySantiMB
- mini bullfight same cruelty bydutchbOy
- Cute Reykjavík by Bjørn Giesenbauer
- Felixstowe sea front miniature by stevoarnold
- Tiny Railroad by Shawn S. Ide
- tigrino vs supercinqino by Viditu
- A colorful little town – Guanajuato by amegally
- Shiny happy people by KrätzschePhotography
- Luxembourg in miniature by JimmyReu
- a tiny country by Himitsu
- Florence Miniature 2 by Grahamtastic
- “Toytown Thomas Tilted” – try saying THAT with a stutter by Welshdan
- Buenos Aires miniature T/S byRoger Bits
- Munich Train Station by joshgray
- Tilt Shift Football 2 by Micheal Peterson
There are currently 142 groups on flickr dealing with tilt-shift. My favorite pools are :