Tilt-shift photography

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http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/10/a-model-day-at-the-park/

Making of; http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/10/making-of-magic-kingdom-park-tilt-shift-video/

Also links to the HD version of the Magic Kingdom Tilt-Shift video to the Disney Parks YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/disneyparks

And there's now one on Epcot and Illuminations. :) http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...pcot-exclusive-disney-parks-tilt-shift-video/
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Edit; Already posted in WDW Parks General Discussion, still worth a look though.
 
PhotoDave219

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Its a good video. Looks like a frame every 2 seconds.

Good stuff but i really prefer the tilt/shift effect to be much stronger.....
 
mkt

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It's cool.. but like Dave, I like the Tilt Shift effect to be stronger.
 
Unomas

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Its a frame every one second actually. Someone asked that in the comments and it was answered. It took 2,200 pictures to create that video. Pretty awesome!
 
WDWFigment

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Agree with you guys on a stronger tilt shift. I'm actually really not that big on tilt/shift at all (I guess at least it's not way overdone like Topaz). I do like that they made the most of their unique access to the parks to get some cool vantage points.
 
PhotoDave219

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WDWFigment said:
Agree with you guys on a stronger tilt shift. I'm actually really not that big on tilt/shift at all (I guess at least it's not way overdone like Topaz). I do like that they made the most of their unique access to the parks to get some cool vantage points.
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MOST of those vantage points - save a few - are ones i can get to without a problem as a guest.

As for the T/S effect, Its gimmickie sometimes, often way overdone like with HDR photography.
 
mkt

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PhotoDave219 said:
HDR photography.
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I love HDR photography... but it's because I'm a graphic artist, not a photographer. Granted, I don't like it when every photo looks like something from Lord of the Rings. I prefer to use it to A- mimic how the eye sees the light and B- to increase saturation.
 
PhotoDave219

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Yes well every photoshop guru loves it as well and its gotten cliche'...... Which is not to say that you dont do a good job with it.....
 
mkt

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PhotoDave219 said:
Yes well every photoshop guru loves it as well and its gotten cliche'
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I won't argue those points. Maybe I'll go sans HDR for a few weeks and see what the comments are.


PhotoDave219 said:
Which is not to say that you dont do a good job with it.....
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Thank you? (my sarcasm meter has been recalibrated to Spanish so I honestly can't tell if you're giving me an compliment or being sarcastic)
 
WDWFigment

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mkt said:
I love HDR photography... but it's because I'm a graphic artist, not a photographer. Granted, I don't like it when every photo looks like something from Lord of the Rings. I prefer to use it to A- mimic how the eye sees the light and B- to increase saturation.
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PhotoDave219 said:
Yes well every photoshop guru loves it as well and its gotten cliche'...... Which is not to say that you dont do a good job with it.....
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I can't speak for Dave, but what I have gotten sick of is tone mapping. When you do good HDR, unless you tell someone that it's HDR, they shouldn't know. I have started using bracketing a lot more for some shots recently because digital sensors cannot capture as much dynamic range as our eyes. I merge the shots in CS3, then process them as I normally would. Most people, I think, cannot tell that the shot is HDR.

Tone mapping is a totally different story. It results in storm clouds on sunny days, over the top black-contrast and just an unnatural look. Granted, it can look cool at times, but often it's just too much.

The following shots are all HDR:

(show me a good non-HDR shot of Mexico at night. Too much dynamic range--all will have blown highlights or really dark shadows)




(the clouds look weird here, but that's my screwup, not HDR)
 
mkt

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Love the mexico one... the bottom one, I see nothing wrong with the clouds, but the palm trees on the right are a bit funky. Was it windy when you took the shots?
 
WDWFigment

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mkt said:
Love the mexico one... the bottom one, I see nothing wrong with the clouds, but the palm trees on the right are a bit funky. Was it windy when you took the shots?
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Damnit! When I do HDR, I usually layer an image on top and 'brush through' anything that moved between the shots (water, flags, people, etc.). I forgot to do that here. You're exactly right. Eh, it's a crappy shot of a DME bus, oh well.

Here's another HDR shot that most people probably wouldn't recognize as HDR. This shot would absolutely not be possible without multiple exposures.

 

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