Basically, it's a Lensbaby challenge. That or you can buy a bellows and try to improvise something.
ETA: Or, yes, I suppose you can simulate the effect in Photoshop. (Selective Gaussian blur is legal, right?) For me, it kind of misses the point though...
So how can you join in if you don't own a T/S lens or even a lens baby?
Is there another way without "cheating"?
From the recent thread suggesting this challenge:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by ColemanGariety:
Didn't think of this until yesterday when Is tumbled upon this gallery of amazing tilt shift photography. And I said, "Hey wouldn't it be cool if DPChallenge did a tilt shift contest?"
We've had the occasional two member challenges in a week before, so that's not really new. And probably won't be regular. And I think this is a good example of a challenge as a learning device - between the tutorial, the link, and the work from DPC'ers in the Lensbaby side challenges, this is a nice way to learn a new effect!
The challenge description probably needs a little flag or something indicating that in this instance editing CAN create a new "feature" for those who use software to get the effect.
The challenge description probably needs a little flag or something indicating that in this instance editing CAN create a new "feature" for those who use software to get the effect.
I don't think isolation-by-blurring, which this is, has ever been considered a "new feature" in advanced...
The challenge description probably needs a little flag or something indicating that in this instance editing CAN create a new "feature" for those who use software to get the effect.
I don't think isolation-by-blurring, which this is, has ever been considered a "new feature" in advanced...
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I don't know why I thought it was a problem - apparently it is not as Five_Seat had a perfectly acceptable free study. Carry on!
I don't know why I thought it was a problem - apparently it is not as Five_Seat had a perfectly acceptable free study. Carry on!
I'm curious as to what image you're referencing? Five_Seat has had 3 entries finish in the top five, non of which were a FS entry that would require validation.
ETA - This shot was DQ'd in the Rainbow II challenge (which ran under Advanced editing rules) -->
It's worth noting that, per the description(Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene.), this challenge is not just about doing "miniatures": we actually had a challenge for that not all that long ago.
For example, in studio photography, the camera movements are often used in doing product shots to isolate a particular object from those surrounding it, and/or to create increased DOF on the subject plane. That latter, of course, is the opposite of the miniature effect. In fact, it's amusing to note that whilst tilt/shift was "designed" for increasing depth of field with longer lenses, the miniature effect has the exact opposite effect, reducing DOF to a very narrow band as would be characteristic of macrophotography.
ETA - This shot was DQ'd in the Rainbow II challenge (which ran under Advanced editing rules) -->
My guess here is that the mask is too well defined, too discrete, such that the mask itself becomes a new "image area." The mask must be a tool to accomplish some other effect, not the effect itself. My take on it anyway...
