Tilt/shift lenses are a type of lens that allows a "normal" D/SLR to mimic special photographic techniques that are normally only found on large format cameras. (Large format cameras are those old style cameras that look like they are made of a bellows.) One of the really cool uses for these lenses is to create a feeling of miniaturization - everything looks like it's a model on a toy train table instead of a shot of real life. The video below is a stop-motion animation made with a tilt/shift lens and gives a great demonstration of both time-lapse/stop motion filming and the possibilities of a tilt/shift lens.
Enjoy!
Helpless from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
This is really cool baby! Wish I could afford to get you one of these =(
Here's where I first learned about tilt/shift:
http://gizmodo.com/5060074/amazing-tilt+shift-time+lapse-videos-make-lilliputians-of-us-all
(includes some fun samples)
I've know about them for some time - I actually learned about them because of their use in architectural photography. But there was a really cool article about an Italian photographer using them to make miniature views of famous landmarks in Italy & France. Can't find the URL off-hand now, though. :-(
Here's a software way of faking it:
http://lifehacker.com/5127360/tiltshiftmaker-turns-your-photos-into-miniature-sets
Awesome! Brian was showing me some of these, but this is by far the most entertaining one I've seen.
Love the sand sculpture and the hoola-hoop chick.
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'v just started to learn this language ;)
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo
da best. Keep it going! Thank you