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Beautiful Tilt-Frame Photography Turns Cities Into ‘Toy’ Towns
- Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:03pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Remember those toy cities that dotted the landscape on your toy train set? Here’s a refresher:
Now Business Insider has some stunning photographs taken with a tilt-frame lens that can make a real city look just like that toy one:
See more incredible images from Business Insider.
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Comments (58)
CrazyAzBiker
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:12pmFantastic!
Report Post »Bhaub
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:34pmTypical leftist photography, being socialist, amirite?
Report Post »DVT
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:18pmvery cool!
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:11pmMany of the newer point and shoot cameras these days have this feature built-in. My new CanonG12 has it and you can even shoot video with it. Big FUN!
Report Post »freddyfreak1999
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 5:37pmThats cool
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:52pmThis can be simulated in photoshop or GIMP
Report Post »kraftyy
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:45pmthat is so cool!
Report Post »QuranisBookofDeath
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:43pmNo angle could possibly make Michelle Obama look any less awkwardly Amazonian with her elongated arms and hunched upper back.
Report Post »LSUFANMICKY
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:40pmDoes look real cool.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:52pmThat is damned cool !!!
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:45pmhttp://tiltshift-generator.en.softonic.com/ I also have one as an app for the iphone. Lots of fun.
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:40pmthis technique is over 4yr’s old.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:26pmYou catch that looker tanning naked in Iceland?? Back porch of the white house
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:23pmI can see Russia from my house!
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:16pmamazing pictures
Report Post »PureDrumFury
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:14pmI have a sudden urge to play with Legos.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:29pmlol…me too.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:10pmPS- here ya go!
http://www.photoble.com/photo-inspiration/astonishing-tilt-shift-videos
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:28pmThanks TheGreyPiper! Much appreciated.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:25pmThanks, probably would have made a better story!
Report Post »Ammaof3
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 9:54pmIt may be old technology for some of you but for some of us, not so much. Thanks for posting the link to the videos. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:09pmDon‘t know what good it is but it’s still cool.
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:04pmIt’s probably useful in movie making and other graphics applications.
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:09pmwould somebody please take a photo of President Obama so we can see what he REALLY looks like?!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:12pmMake sure it doesnt make him look like a monkey or they will be crying racist…
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:13pmGood one.
Report Post »Mr. Nice Guy
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:21pmYou know, Dustyluv, I’ve always been troubled by the striking resemblance between Mr. Obama and Curious Geroge.
Of course I’m a racist, why do you ask?
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:24pmYou’re fat.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:09pmTilt-shift, I thought it’s called. Great fun, but really old news. Unlike some of the grouchy old grinches around here, I don’t mind the lighter fare that breaks up the usual litany, but c’mon, keep it current!
BTW, look for the videos done this way, those will blow your mind!
Report Post »Joseff
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 4:26pmMost people don’t remember the old box cameras, or any camera with film for that matter. From a pure photographic standpoint, this stuff has been around for decades, maybe longer.
Joe
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:09pmWay COOL!!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:08pmIs there on for Mecca. I want to place it in a pan of bacon and take a picture…
Report Post »conversationcanwork
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:35pmIt’s great that your profile picture is of yourself in Dress Blues, because you are amazing at making Marines look like jack@sses, especially if you say stuff like that to civilians. But don’t worry, I’ll do my best to make us not look like idiots.
Oorah
Report Post »Mobus
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:41pmHe’s just saying aloud what most Americans think.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 8:40am@Conservation… you didn’t suceed in anyhting more than making yourself look like an idiot. Good job.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:08pminteresting photos
Report Post »Adam
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:07pmThis kind of creeps me out.
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:07pmCool!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:22pmThis is interesting, and I wish I could have built actual city models as a kid. Always wanted to do one of those Godzilla movie scenes in downtown area of a city.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:23pmI bet it can’t shrink Obamas ego!
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Robert-CA
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 2:38pmI build models but never build cities WOW .
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:03pmThese programs have been around for a few years now. Get on the ball Blaze
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:13pmabout as small as obozo watching UBL”s justice.
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 6:34pmYes! Very cool!!!!
Report Post »Jim
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:28pmIf you can read ‘Randy”, it doesn’t say that this is new technology. It just says these are ‘stunning photographs’, which they are. Lighten up and enjoy life for a while. Duh.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 8, 2011 at 8:36amSorry, Randy- this isn’t done in PhotoShop, it’s a tilt lens called Lens Baby. Something a photographer actually puts on the camera.
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