And now for something different...with cars.
This is a type of shot called
"Panorama."
A very wide shot that can be made easily in modern cameras.
Panning from left to right, snap a view, then another to the right, with a little overlap.
Then you "stitch" them together into one shot. Unfortunately, this was done many years ago.
I just taped two photos together.
Very LOW tech.
More recently, I realized NOT having a garage is bad sometimes.
As when hail is predicted.
I enjoy my deck upstairs and downstairs.
(The hail did not materialize. Whew.)
Some will have noticed my heavy use lately of a Fisheye Lens effect.
Maybe even OVER use.
I will try to get through this posting without doing that.
These cars are an example of the
Tilt-Shift effect.
A narrow band will be in sharp focus while
either side is diffused. Or at the top and bottom.
Then, crank up the contrast and color saturation.
The usual result looks like miniatures.
Tiny models of real cars, er, I mean subjects.
I looked but can't find any other Tilt-Shift examples
that show cars.
But, here's a shot looking down from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Too bad there's no cars in the scene.
But...there's no Fisheye lens shots either.
(Click on the photos for more details.)
Had to dip into my files to resist showing more fisheye lens shots.
That effect is addictive.
I'm hooked.
Labels: Ben Sawyer bridge, cars and decks, fisheye lens effect, hail no, London, Panorama view., St. Paul's Cathedral, Sullivan's Island, Tilt-shift effect
Do you know "Tilt-Shift?"
Someone told me about an effect you can create with your photo called
"Tilt-Shift."Wow. It really does make objects look like toys or miniature models of everyday sights.
Well, an every day scene if you happen to be flying at 1,200 feet over the
Yorktown aircraft carrier at Patriot's Point.
You make the focus very "soft" above and below the area you want to appear model-like. Then you crank up the color saturation to almost cartoon level.
Hey, this actually works.
I am sure there are phone apps by now that do this automatically with pictures.
I experimented and did it "by hand" on my computer.
The
"round house" on Isle Of Palms is a good example of this visual manipulation.
A picture of the
Brugge, Belgium town square taken from a tall bell tower became a collection of tiny objects.
Little itty-bitty horses and carriages.
Wee restaurants with small tables and chairs and umbrellas.
Not-so-haughty waiters in this view.
Here's how it looks when you apply this effect to an actual miniature model town of a railroad setting in Atlanta in the former Underground.
Size does not always matter.
(Click on the photos for detail. Some taken with my
Canon S90. The rest with earlier Point and Shoot cameras. The BEST camera is the one you have with you. Thanks for viewing my blog.)
Labels: Atlanta's former Underground, Belgium, Brugges, Isle Of Palms, Patriot's Point, Round House, Tilt-shift effect, Yorktown aircraft carrier
