A Tilt Shift Fake is a way of altering a photograph by artificially faking a very narrow depth of field. Since we usually see such narrow depth of field in very close up shots, our minds interpret see these photographs as close up shots of miniature models. It helps to saturate the colors as well.
Keith Loutit has taken this one step further by combining the effect with stop motion time lapse photography. The results are very cool:
Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
ha. love the knight rider themed beat in the bg of the piece. 🙂
Want me to bring a view camera to the next bfpug meeting so you can see what this “tilt shift technique” is attempting to simulate?
I actually have a pretty good idea what it’s all about, but if you bring the camera along, I’ll sit still for a lesson. 🙂
Okay. Just remember – we don’t actually take pictures with these antiques any more, so you’ll have to be content with looking at it upside down on a ground glass.
🙂
Thats a great video, but looks very strange!
Looks great and must have taken a while to get… Great work 😉
Great effect. Thanks for sharing. Wallace and Gromit times two and on a budget.
Very cool video, I love this technique. He’s using “time lapse” not “stop motion”, though.
Troy. Of course. Sometimes I type without thinking. 🙂
http://dogangokhan.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/tilt-shift-miniature-fakin/
There are some notes on how to create a time lapse tilt shift video look using after effects here http://www.cleverbits.com/tiltshift.php