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Title: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Plomien on 11 April 2011, 22:59:54
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5266/5610774909_74313f99ed.jpg)
using tiltshift
http://tiltshiftmaker.com/photo-editing.php
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5611344658_eae0eb0d30.jpg)
HDR blending
http://blog.23x.net/7/beginners-guide-to-hdr.html
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Nickbat on 11 April 2011, 23:05:55
Cool.  8-) 8-) :y

What software are you using?

I received Photshop CS5 last week and it's a blast. Puts paid to the "camera never lies" adage.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: tunnie on 11 April 2011, 23:09:27
Nice work!

I use Photoshop CS3, this was my attempt at Tiltshift, taken during the snow :)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Misc/DSC_0213.jpg)
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Plomien on 11 April 2011, 23:11:36
follow the links below each photo and it will give you the software :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Seth on 11 April 2011, 23:13:10
Singleton Park Matt? ;)
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 11 April 2011, 23:30:49
excellent pictures there :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Nickbat on 11 April 2011, 23:31:25
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follow the links below each photo and it will give you the software :y

Aha!  :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: doug4293 on 12 April 2011, 01:07:57
great pictures !
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 12 April 2011, 01:11:11
Not wanting to sound rude here but what have you done to these pictures then thats so brill?  :-? Tunnie yours looks like a Model Village ;D
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: albitz on 12 April 2011, 01:13:31
I was just going to ask - whats tiltshift ? :-/
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: CaptainZok on 12 April 2011, 01:14:29
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Not wanting to sound rude here but what have you done to these pictures then thats so brill?  :-? Tunnie yours looks like a Model Village ;D
That's the whole point Dazzle, it's supposed to look like a model.
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Banjax on 12 April 2011, 06:56:18
beautiful plomien  :y

i love that tiltshift effect - very interesting - great stuff tunnie :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Plomien on 12 April 2011, 07:45:28
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Singleton Park Matt? ;)
Yup and Clyne Gardens :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Plomien on 12 April 2011, 07:50:40
The originals are here for comparison
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5612609770_5d16fc9405_z.jpg)
There is 3 photos of this one taken at different exposures to get the HDR effect
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5612609030_374767ffe1_z.jpg)
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: tunnie on 12 April 2011, 09:40:02
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Not wanting to sound rude here but what have you done to these pictures then thats so brill?  :-? Tunnie yours looks like a Model Village ;D
That's the whole point Dazzle, it's supposed to look like a model.


Yup its the idea of making a standard shot look like its a model!

This was before I edited it:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Misc/DSC_0213O.JPG)

After:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Misc/DSC_0213.jpg)

Photo Merging is fun too, this was taken from my flat, one at the side from living room window, other front Window. I've got almost 270 degree views of London. :)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Misc/Front-Merge-Web.jpg)

In the full size (i've had to scale this down a great deal) you can see London Eye, Battersea Power Station, Westminster & Canary Warf

Side view:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Misc/Side-Merge-Web.jpg)

Football fans might notice a certain stadium on the left, although it looks very tiny in the web scaled version.
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 12 April 2011, 10:03:16
Tunnie, you give me some idea.. :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Kevin Wood on 12 April 2011, 10:20:09
Must have a play with that Tilt Shift software. Looks cheaper than shelling out for a tilt shift lens at any rate. :o
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 12 April 2011, 10:27:21
I must be missing the point you Guys are trying to say sorry.

Tunnie why would you want to do that though? to make a picture look like a model village??

Plomien, forgive me as your original picture is a gorgeous colourful garden but I don't see a great difference in the second? maybe the flowers seem to be leaning slightly..  :-[

If that is so why is that such a special thing to do?
I don't mean this to sound rude at all, just actually interested :y
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Kevin Wood on 12 April 2011, 10:37:53
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Plomien, forgive me as your original picture is a gorgeous colourful garden but I don't see a great difference in the second? maybe the flowers seem to be leaning slightly..  :-[

I think it improves the shot of the flowers immensely. The original shot is OK but the perspective is very flat so it's not an interesting photo IMHO. There's no real subject. After the tilt shift the flowers stand out as the subject, and it has a lot more depth.

There's no obvious reason why the shot couldn't have been taken from this angle originally in this case, although you might have struggled with the depth of field but in other cases, you simply can't get the perspective right and have to shoot from where you can so I can see an advantage in being able to do this sort of stuff.

Not quite so sure about HDR. :-/ It wasn't necessary in this scene anyway, IMHO. Used subtlety it can rescue shots where the camera just doesn't have the dynamic range to capture it but when over-used it tends to take the life out of pictures, IMHO.

Again, though, just my opinion, and it's a very subjective thing.  ;)

Kevin
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: tunnie on 12 April 2011, 10:40:13
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Must have a play with that Tilt Shift software. Looks cheaper than shelling out for a tilt shift lens at any rate. :o

Get Photoshop CSxx - Sure there is a copy about somewhere  :-X

I followed this tutorial:

http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 12 April 2011, 10:44:47
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Plomien, forgive me as your original picture is a gorgeous colourful garden but I don't see a great difference in the second? maybe the flowers seem to be leaning slightly..  :-[

I think it improves the shot of the flowers immensely. The original shot is OK but the perspective is very flat so it's not an interesting photo IMHO. There's no real subject. After the tilt shift the flowers stand out as the subject, and it has a lot more depth.

There's no obvious reason why the shot couldn't have been taken from this angle originally in this case, although you might have struggled with the depth of field but in other cases, you simply can't get the perspective right and have to shoot from where you can so I can see an advantage in being able to do this sort of stuff.

Not quite so sure about HDR. :-/ It wasn't necessary in this scene anyway, IMHO. Used subtlety it can rescue shots where the camera just doesn't have the dynamic range to capture it but when over-used it tends to take the life out of pictures, IMHO.

Again, though, just my opinion, and it's a very subjective thing.  ;)

Kevin


You baffle me with your big words Kev ;D but I still don't see the real difference :-?
If a couple had been added say walking along the path I would have said that was good even clever but I suppose I have not got the photographer eye  :-[
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: Plomien on 12 April 2011, 19:18:05
HDR tends to work better with buildings
this shows it well
http://www.vandok.co.uk/towerbridge/
 :y
does take a while to load though
Title: Re: been playing with photos from the weekend
Post by: tunnie on 12 April 2011, 19:25:03
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HDR tends to work better with buildings
this shows it well
http://www.vandok.co.uk/towerbridge/
 :y
does take a while to load though

Stunning, looks like it was taken with a fish eye lens. Another one to add to the wish list along with a 10-20mm wide angle.

I really must do some HDR type work