Cool Diorama Photo Look Trick

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Mustaine
he didn't dop the hoover dam

that one was doen with a "real" diorama lens, by a professional photographer


been searching for the link, but can't find the original explanation of the "diorama lens"

Like I said, I shot the Hoover Dam picture as a tourist a long time ago with a Minolta 35mm SLR film camera.  Here is the original scanned negative, flipped to positive and resized/cropped to 1024x768 resolution.



Many old fashion large format view cameras (Think old 1800s cameras with the photographer behind the hood) could adjust the lens up or down (shift) or angle the lens so that it’s not parallel with the film (tilt).  Either of these adjustments messes with the traditional focus.  The main purpose might be to take a picture of a tall building from the ground, up relatively close, yet the entire building could be perfectly in focus.  I think they could even make the sides of the building more parallel so the building would look more like an architectural drawing than a perspective photo with a vanishing point.

[eskimo2]

Thrawn,

All these years I’ve been wondering where the smiling emoticon came from.

[ChickenHawk]

Here's a couple more I did today of the seattle skyline.  I went for a lot more blur and a more centralized focal point this time.  Not completely happy with the result but I figured I'd post them anyway.




The original:

[ChickenHawk]

Here's the second:



And the Original:

[Mustaine]

Originally posted by eskimo2
Like I said, I shot the Hoover Dam picture as a tourist a long time ago with a Minolta 35mm SLR film camera.  Here is the original scanned negative, flipped to positive and resized/cropped to 1024x768 resolution..

my bad I thought that was done by someone else.

that one is awesome Eskimo wtg and keep up the incredible work!

[eskimo2]

My latest:



Pittsburg Pennsylvania on a teak table.