Tilt Shift

Thanks to Gail MacKenzie for retweeting Youtube's link

http://youtube-trends.blogspot.com/2011/04/10-popular-tilt-shift-short-films.html

...making me need to learn the technique. Not just for film, but photography also.

Unfortunately, on my student budget of nothing I have to settle with simulating it; I can't afford to buy a lens, much less one to rig into a tilt shift lens (see the Youtube link for a how to).

So, just for fun, it was off to the creative commons on good old Flickr.

The shot's look better from above, to give the miniature model illusion more credibility.

Here's the original and manipulate versions:

Next: Video.