Tilt-shift Photography : Miniature Fakes

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Tilt-Shift miniature faking is a creative technique whereby a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated to give an optical illusion of a photograph of a miniature scale model.

Altering the focus of the photography in Photoshop simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is.

In addition to focus manipulation, the tilt-shift photography effect is improved by increasing color saturation and contrast, to simulate the bright paint often found on scale models.

Most faked tilt-shift photographs are taken from a high angle to further simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature. The technique is particularly effective on buildings, cars, trains and people.

The following websites provide useful informations and tuotials about Tilt-Shift miniature faking :

Some outstanding tilt-shift photos published on flickr under a creative common licence are listed below:

There are currently 142 groups on flickr dealing with tilt-shift. My favorite pools are :