Football - Miniaturized

[surenj]

An old photo seemed to suit miniaturisation.... I didn't plan on miniaturisation when I took this however.

Thanks for your C&C.

[xerubus]

Perfectly done....

[MATT]

Yes this is great I must give it a go some time..

MATT

[barry]

Neat shot Surenj. Would you be able to explain your technique, I'm not familiar with it.

[Steffen]

May I ask what the technique is?

Cheers
Steffen.

[surenj]

Thanks guys,

I have increased saturation (to make it look cartooney) and applied a graduated blur to the upper and lower parts of the image. I think this tricks the eye into thinking it's a miniature.

The other, better option is to shoot with a tilt shift lens. [which I don't have]

The hard thing is to find the right photo to apply it.

FYI there is whole flickr group dedicated to this technique!

[aim54x]

interesting technique...i was wondering how you managed it. Looks great

[tommyg]

Very interesting photo,

I think the graduated blur of the forefront needs a little tweaking so that the trees and building are blurred, but the soccer pitch is a little more in focus. The line across is too sharp

But I can definitely see the miniaturization 'look' in the photo!

Cheers
Tom

[surenj]

Thanks Cameron.

I think the graduated blur of the forefront needs a little tweaking so that the trees and building are blurred, but the soccer pitch is a little more in focus. The line across is too sharp

I agree. I will rework this one. [hope I have the PSD file....]

Thanks for your comments.

[biggerry]

thats a very interesting shot and PP work suren, I quite like it, it does look very much like a model scene or similiar, as tommyg mentioned a bit tweaking will tidy it up also!

[surenj]

Thanks Gerry,

I have reworked the image but the differences are subtle especially on the 800pix.

[xerubus]

Second version for me now that all the players are in focus.

Nice..

[surenj]

Thanks Mark, good observation!

Thanks all for your comments.