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Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:48 pm
by biggerry
just for kicks and giggles i dabbled in a bit of defocus stuff, maybe just dreaming of a tilt shit lens.

Its quite neat how easily the brain is tricked.

improvements most welcome.

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and why not while i am there..

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Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:37 am
by aim54x
Nice stuff Gerry....that surely does give my mind a work over

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:28 am
by gstark
biggerry wrote:Its quite neat how easily the brain is tricked.


Tricked?

Into what? :)

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:06 am
by zafra52
I like the first best. I guess you used software to
create the effect. The new CS6 has this effect
as new filter, which I found interesting as many
point-and-shoot cameras has this effect in their
repertoire.

Having said that, your images are ver nice nice.

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:55 pm
by Geoff M
I quite like this effect in the right circumstance and I think that this type of scene offers the greatest impact when it is applied. I think that landscape versions of the cityscapes would work better than the portrait orientations you have presented here. I too prefer the first.

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:10 pm
by Remorhaz
As do I - +1 the first

Were all these high shots from Sydney tower (through the glass or outside)?

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:41 pm
by Matt. K
An illusion...the scene looks like it was a constructed studio model. A couple of toy cars in the foreground would have sealed the deal.

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:59 pm
by biggerry
aim54x wrote:Nice stuff Gerry....that surely does give my mind a work over

:lol:

gstark wrote:Tricked?
Into what? :)


posting a response to this very thread. consider yourself tricked :rotfl2: hook line and sinker...

zafra52 wrote:I like the first best. I guess you used software to
create the effect. The new CS6 has this effect
as new filter, which I found interesting as many
point-and-shoot cameras has this effect in their
repertoire.

Having said that, your images are ver nice nice.


yeah its not even as complicated as a filter and my cam also has that tilt shift feature built in...

in this case i simply selected the areas to be out of focus (gaussian blur).
Cheers for the feedback Zafra.

Geoff M wrote:I quite like this effect in the right circumstance and I think that this type of scene offers the greatest impact when it is applied. I think that landscape versions of the cityscapes would work better than the portrait orientations you have presented here. I too prefer the first.


yeah landscape does work better, i guess in this case my laziness in just using the image as shot overcame any real thought process on making it better. I will certainly have a look at see if i have any suitable landscape ones..

Remorhaz wrote:Were all these high shots from Sydney tower (through the glass or outside)?


thru da glass at the 'eye of the tower' (formerly know as centrepoint) it was too cold outside...

polariser also used fyi.

Matt. K wrote:An illusion...the scene looks like it was a constructed studio model. A couple of toy cars in the foreground would have sealed the deal.


thats it, how easily the brain is tricked.

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:24 am
by biggerry
couple of landscape versions

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and what it really looks like...hey look..theres garys joint... :roll:

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Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:58 pm
by Geoff M
Ah yes. as I suspected the landscape orientated versions work much better. I am staying in Bris Vegas next weekend and plan to take some images where I could apply this effect. I am going to travel light (in respect of gear) as I am going with the family, likely to take just the D700 with the 50mm.

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:43 pm
by chrisk
these are great gerry. i love the dynamic colour in them. reminded me of some insanely high contrast cross processed film work i did at uni.
real winners mate.

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:18 pm
by surenj
Hi Gerry,

This is one instance I'd suggest that you push that vibrance to electric. I think the toy-miniature effect is accentuated when there is more vibrant colour.

:cheers:

Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:25 pm
by biggerry
surenj wrote:Hi Gerry,

This is one instance I'd suggest that you push that vibrance to electric. I think the toy-miniature effect is accentuated when there is more vibrant colour.

:cheers:


yeah, also the glass on the tower really sucks the contrast and saturation outta ya images...anyway thats my excuse ;)

Geoff M wrote:Ah yes. as I suspected the landscape orientated versions work much better. I am staying in Bris Vegas next weekend and plan to take some images where I could apply this effect. I am going to travel light (in respect of gear) as I am going with the family, likely to take just the D700 with the 50mm.


:up: lol, travelling light with a D700 :wink:

good luck - try the story bridge, that could look very cool in tiltshitf..

Rooz wrote:these are great gerry. i love the dynamic colour in them. reminded me of some insanely high contrast cross processed film work i did at uni.
real winners mate.


cheers Chris, i am not gonna ask what you did at uni - or what you were supposed to be doing :)


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Re: Anzac War Memorial - City of Sydney

PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:07 pm
by Geoff M
biggerry wrote:

:up: lol, travelling light with a D700 :wink:

good luck - try the story bridge, that could look very cool in tiltshitf..



Surprisingly much lighter than my previous 'travel light' combo of the D90/17-55/MB-D80, over 1/2 a kilo lighter.

Story bridge should be a good option, staying on Southbank so should be lots of differing photographic opportunities. Looking forward to it - just one more sleep!

Batteries are on charge :D