Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Holderbank (SO), Switzerland (in miniature)

(click on image to enlarge)
This is a view of our village of Holderbank (population 600+). When you view the image enlarged you'll notice a big difference between photo #1 and photo #2. After editing the original in Photoshop, the bottom image resembles a "tiltshift lens" photo, giving it a miniature look as if it was part of a model train exhibit!

[You can see the front of our red van, bottom right]

Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome "tiltshift lens" effect, which really shows up in the enlarged view of both. I can't wait to see the HO train go by in your next update!

Bill Sudeck
Chambéry, France

Friday, May 08, 2009
Unknown said...

Hi Bill,

I used a photo from my files. The "miniature" effect becomes even more pronounced with photos taken from a higher angle. Cars and people on the street also really add to the effect.

You can create it by bumping up the saturation and contrast slightly. Then you choose your focus point and create a gradient (gaussian) blur in either direction (top to bottom). An extra touch would be to mask trees and buildings on the same plane (ex.-church tower and foreground tree on right). Amazing how simulating a narrow depth of field tricks the eye.

Tiltshift lenses were used quite often in the early years of photography (lens tilts independently of the camera/film plane). I remember photos of Atlanta, GA destroyed during the Civil War and it had that miniature look.

~ Tim

Friday, May 08, 2009

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