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Now that labor day has come and gone and everyone has left town The Jersey Shore is pretty empty. Photo of Montgomery Ave on the border of Ventnor and Atlantic City, NJ.

Sep 10, 2007 at 10:43 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

Very cool, I read about this technique awhile ago but since I never personally tried it I didn't retain any of the info.

Good luck!

Sep 11, 2007 at 04:54 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

Bill, this is a very interesting shot. Looks like a miniature to me instead of a real street view. Nicely done!

Sep 12, 2007 at 10:10 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

I refreshed my memory and I'm curious which way you acheived your effect. With a tilt-shift lens or Photoshop CS?

Sep 13, 2007 at 10:40 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

LensBaby?

Sep 17, 2007 at 09:28 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

thebmrust wrote:
LensBaby?
I'm guessing Photoshop.
LB's have more stretch to the blur, at least from what I've seen but I don't have any personal experience with them...yet.

Sep 17, 2007 at 10:18 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

Thanks to everyone for their comments. It is not a TS lens. It is a simple technique that I used. In PS (I use CS2) go into quick mask then hit "d" to set your foreground and background colors to black and white. click on the gradient tool and then choose the "Reflected Gradient" (fourth choice). Choose the area you want in focus and drag your gradient over it. Press Q to exit quick mask and then go to lens blur and play around until you get the effect you like. Afterwards you can bump up the saturation and curves to make the image seem a little less real (like a plastic miniature). Thats basically it. I hope this makes sense. I am sure you can Google fake tilt shift photography or something to get a more detailed tutorial. I learned about this technique by reading a thread on hear a while ago. I find it works best with images taken from above as most miniature scenes are taken this way and when I saw the monthly assignment the idea to relook at this popped in my head.

Bill

Sep 19, 2007 at 10:31 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

Most tutorials say it only works with Photoshop CS but I did mine with Photoshop 7. I just used Gaussian blur... as you can see here. Fun stuff, thanks for bringing it to our attention!

Sep 19, 2007 at 12:43 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · #43: Seems Smaller Now...

Bill,
Very effective use of this technique.
I am going to go right out and give it a whirl. Dunno if I will be able to achieve it with the little instruction you gave. If anyone can point me to a more detailed tutorial, it would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Christopher

Oct 08, 2007 at 03:35 AM


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