Comments on: 40 Awesome Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography

By: angie wood

angie wood — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:29:35 +0000

Cool examples of Tilt/Shift.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:03:01 +0000

So amazing. I love it!!

By: Mariah

Mariah — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:00:58 +0000

Wow.. this is amazing!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:55:22 +0000

I’ve seen this done before, but could never quite figure out the technique, let alone figure out what it was called. Thanks for the insight!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:45:29 +0000

WOW!!
you’re photo’s are AMAZING!!
i hope that you have some more!!

love

By: Gemini Grafix

Gemini Grafix — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:05:45 +0000

These are amazing!

By: Arvin bautista

Arvin bautista — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:52:57 +0000

I’m sorry but I wouldn’t put a photoshopped image of a dragon and call it a stunning example of nature photography, even if the image was compiled from actual photos of lizards. Nor would I consider a photo with an impressionist filter on it a stunning feature if landscape painting. No matter how good it is.

Call this a stunning collection of tilt shift style photography but don’t pass it off as the real thing when the only thing that makes it that style was a Photoshop edit.

By: denise

denise — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:26:40 +0000

thank you Steve Z!! my thoughts exactly. there is more to tilt-shift than making things look like miniatures/toys. not to take away from these examples – they are cool – just not the be-all and end-all

By: Carlos Luna

Carlos Luna — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:14:18 +0000

Wow, awesome, i love that effect, i looks unreal…

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:46:10 +0000

The problem with this article, is that it implies that making things look miniature is the only possibility, goal, and outcome of the tilt shift lens.

Every example, is of the same thing. Get up high, and align the focal plane with only a small portion of the photo.

This is a simplistic and basic approach to the lens, and is the core of the impression that the lens is a ‘fad’. Articles like this further this view, by offering only a limited view of what the lens can accomplish in the hands of an experienced user.

Many awesome tilt shift image do not appear tilt shift at all to the casual viewer, as they align compositional elements at varying distances from the camera. Only an experienced photographer would recognize the impossible DOF. Furthermore, this only uses the tilt capacity, not the shift capability.

So really the article should be called, “40 awesome examples of a tilt shift lens making things look miniature”