Is there an opposite technique to tilt-shift photography, tricking the brain to see miniatures as real?
Hi, I am amazed by tilt-shift photography. It is interesting to see how easily our mind is tricked and misinterprets scale. I was wondering if there is a technique which achieves the opposite of tilt-shift photography, which can trick the mind into perceiving miniatures as real size. Is this possible? And has this technique a name? Thanks!
The reason why our minds are tricked is because the photo has an unusually thin depth of field, which is normally associated only with close-up photography, not architecture or landscape. You can also tilt it in a way that gives you more depth of field, such as the effect shown here in the middle of the page: http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/hartblei_120_4_pc_n10/page5.asp
As you can see, however, the image is still very macro-looking. Another reason why macro photos are almost immediately recognisable is because of the perspective- almost, if not all macro lenses are in the medium-telephoto category. Telephotos compress features, giving macro shots their "distinctive" look. There really isn’t a way to transform macro photography into "normal" photography.
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April 10th, 2010 at 4:40 am
I dont believe so. To achieve such an effect would involve an impossibly low camera position(think looking up at a giant). The lens would be physically too large to achieve it as it would be bigger than the minatures themselves. Perhaps an endoscope or fiber optic camera could get you there but not tilt shift.
also the technique he means, for fellow answerers is here
http://izismile.com/img/img2/20090909/tilt_shift_effect_in_photographs_000.jpg
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April 10th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Do a Google search for "forced perspective" or "Perspective Distortion". If this is what your talkin’ about?
http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/morton/index.php/2007/11/amazing-trick-photography/
http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/Perspective_Photography.php
http://www.tricks-and-illusions.com/2008/04/new-perspective-optical-illusion.html
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April 10th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Nikon has come out with a digital camera (the D3000) that offers that ability. see how it looks here: http://www.squidoo.com/Nikon-D3000-Digital-Camera.
there’s also a good tutorial here: http://www.visualphotoguide.com/tilt-shift-photoshop-tutorial-how-to-make-fake-miniature-scenes/.
and flickr has a group devoted to creating this fun effect.
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April 10th, 2010 at 6:27 am
The reason why our minds are tricked is because the photo has an unusually thin depth of field, which is normally associated only with close-up photography, not architecture or landscape. You can also tilt it in a way that gives you more depth of field, such as the effect shown here in the middle of the page: http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/hartblei_120_4_pc_n10/page5.asp
As you can see, however, the image is still very macro-looking. Another reason why macro photos are almost immediately recognisable is because of the perspective- almost, if not all macro lenses are in the medium-telephoto category. Telephotos compress features, giving macro shots their "distinctive" look. There really isn’t a way to transform macro photography into "normal" photography.
References :