Miniatures -Dallas Stadium-

[luismr]

Hi there,
I went to the Seahawks-Cowboys game on Thanksgiving and created this Tilt-Shift. Hope you like it.

[newHorizon]

Wow!! This is nice! I'll have to read about this tilt-shift. Thanks for sharing.

[smc1377]

Love it!

[lputman]

Luis, you know I'm the biggest fan your tilt-shift. I absolutely love it. It reminds of the old electronic football games (my brother had one when I was a kid) and the little guys would vibrate around the field.

[Hayward Taylor]

Luis - that is splendid!!..the quality of your photos and the various technique you use is very inspiring..keep up the good work

[luismr]

Originally Posted by newHorizon

Wow!! This is nice! I'll have to read about this tilt-shift. Thanks for sharing.

Hi newHorizon,
Thanks for looking and your kind words, it´s a simple technique and lot of fun.

[luismr]

Originally Posted by smc1377

Love it!

Thanks! It looks so fake, I cannot believe it! lol

[jgomez65]

Is there a tutorial on how to do the tilt-shift technique?
I love the effect!

[Jim Bryant]

Cool shot! Reminds me of one of those old electronic football game sets we used to have as a child, (many years ago for those of us who can remember them!

[inkista]

Originally Posted by jgomez65

Is there a tutorial on how to do the tilt-shift technique?
I love the effect!

There are bunches of tutorials as well as an entire Flickr group. Basically, you create a gradient mask and apply some form of blur, and then adjust hue/saturation to make things a little more "toy-like." Here's a link to a photoshop tutorial.

Or, if you're really lazy, you could just use this.

One of the keys to getting the effect is to shoot from overhead, or in some way that the gradient direction you choose will simulate DoF in the shot.

If you want to go to extremes, you can create depth maps.

I'd also recommend taking a look at the NY Times feature on Vincent Laforet's tilt-shift photography.