I borrowed a tilt-shift lens a few days ago for an on-going project because I wanted to capture Zurich in an unique way. Usually you use this lens to get a bigger depth of field while maintaining a large aperture, but this wasn't my intention. So how come that a city suddenly looks like a model making?
When we see things from afar, we are used to see everything sharp and in focus. Now when suddenly there is such a narrow depth of field, our brain tricks us into thinking that these photographs were taken with a macro lens and that we are looking at a miniature model. There is no Photoshop involved except for adjusting the contrast and saturation. These two photographs are just a preview and you can see some more on my visual diary.
When we see things from afar, we are used to see everything sharp and in focus. Now when suddenly there is such a narrow depth of field, our brain tricks us into thinking that these photographs were taken with a macro lens and that we are looking at a miniature model. There is no Photoshop involved except for adjusting the contrast and saturation. These two photographs are just a preview and you can see some more on my visual diary.
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gosh, i really thought they were models! amazing photographs :)
ReplyDeleteIt really got me. Great photographs.
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amazing!
ReplyDeletegreat! love the pictures (:
ReplyDeleteI love tilt-shift pictures! I really want to buy one to my own camera. But while i save up there's a lot of websites that can make fake ones.
ReplyDeleteI know these types of cameras! they r so f*cking fantastic!!! and take really good photos! The photos look like miniatures haha! amazing!
ReplyDeletethese kinds of photos have always really fascinated me. thanks for the explanation - I often wondered...
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me to a programme this summer on the Belgian television, it called Villa Vanthilt and there were little fragments of the city where they has that day a talkshow. This is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WedN6w3tuY&feature=related It isn't made whit little miniatures, but it is really filmed.
ReplyDeleteBRILLIANT! You don't know how much impressed I am.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was fake. amazing !
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. Well done!
ReplyDeleteamazing photos!
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completely thought that was a model city.
ReplyDeleteimpressive!
I love tilt-shift photos. :) I should try using a tilt-shift lens sometime too..
ReplyDeleteThat's so phenomenal!! I had to really examine these photos for a while before I could convince myself they weren't models. Great job, and great shots!! You really have a deeper talent, Pascal.
ReplyDeletelove,rudi
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this is really cool. you take really great photos. i found your blog through lookbook.nu.
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i dared at them for such a long time and cnocluded to myself that they were models. lol
ReplyDeletehow amazing they are!
So interesting! really nice!
ReplyDeleteThese are some great photos.
ReplyDeletelooks amazing! like!
ReplyDeletenice. very cool.
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this is awesome, i know this view of zurich by heart although i don't live there but i love the city and i've taken lots of photos of it but this is so so cool.
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ReplyDeletetilt-shift lenses are so strange... there's a whole website of some guy that jsut does tiltshift landscapes of famous scenes in major cities but i can't for the life of me remember what it is.
ReplyDeleteoh-wow,
ReplyDeleteI really love this picture,
it is like a small people's world in a doll house or something,
come out of a juvenile story :)
so pretty!
these are really stunning. totally thought they were models. amazing.
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking "wow. those are some realistic models"
-Melodie
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love your photos, but this is kinda overdone
ReplyDeleteminature or what, the photo is still amazing
ReplyDeletei´ve allready discovered your blog!
ReplyDeleteand it´s amazing!!!
great photos ;)
see you soon, i´m follow you on facebbok!
You should go and look at the uniqlo calendar, they have done some stuff really like this
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At first I read the post and thought 'my eyes won't get tricked, I bet it doesn't look a half like what you described it'. while looking at the pictures I was astonished, especially the first one, a beautiful view btw, it looks like a perfectionistic miniature model with tons of details! could have never imagined that the simple changing of a lens can give the picture a whole new 'dimension'. great work, it's good to see that there's no lack of ideas when it comes to photgraphy!
ReplyDeleteWhoa really cool idea before I read the type thought "what are great model maker!"
ReplyDeleteWhoa really cool idea before I read the type thought "what are great model maker!"
ReplyDeletethat's just insanely cool
ReplyDeleteamazing lens - actually does look like a miniature city.
ReplyDeletestop by some time
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Ein toller Effekt, der mich immer wieder hingucken macht. Ich glaube, dass die Telekom ein paar ihrer Spots in der Optik gemacht hat.
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool, love it.
ReplyDeleteSuch an awesome effect. I thought it was a model until I read the text!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, and just a little bit creepy :-)
ReplyDeleteWhere did you take the photos from? Judging from the photo of Manor... Is it the top floor restaurant on Uraniastrasse? I've never been there, it's on my to-do list.
Elisa: Yes, it's the top-floor restaurant of Jelmoli!
ReplyDeleteThat's freaking cool :) I thought: "Oh, he took some pictures of some miniature model.. wait, no, what?". Really like the idea :)
ReplyDeletei totally thought this is a model!
ReplyDeletexo E.