Miniature World

Photo Project: Miniature effect by tilt & shift lens, railway photography.

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1. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor DP-A.03 Assignment: Photo Project Miniature World Module: BTI7520 Digital Photography Autor: Roland Bruggmann, roland.bruggmann@students.bfh.ch Lecturer: Urs K¨ unzler, urs.kuenzler@bfh.ch Date: 20th of January 2016 Bern University of Applied Sciences
2. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Introduction Miniature World What is the subject about and why did I choose this subject? Technique Miniature effect by tilt & shift lens Already tried miniature effect by post processing Motif Railway photography Looks like model railroad (diorama illusion) What makes this subject . . . Interesting: Entertaining and playful Difficult: Shot from high viewpoint Manual focus and aperture Wide apertures for best effect Fascinating: Astonishing and therefore an eyecatcher Bern University of Applied Sciences
3. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World Special Techniques 1/3 Human perception of size and position Blur: Focus is clearer than periphery (even if peripheral object is nearer). Clear objects are close or large. Detail: Close objects have higher resolution than objects far away. The further away a scene is, the less detail it contains comparatively to close-by objects. Bern University of Applied Sciences
4. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World Special Techniques 2/3 Tilt Increasing Depth of Field Sideways tilt *Miniature effects (e.g. pointing camera down, tilting lens up) Bern University of Applied Sciences
5. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World Special Techniques 3/3 Shift Correct converging verticals (vertical shift) Panoramic shots (horizontal left shift/center/right shift shots) *Avoiding obstructions or reflections (alter viewpoint by shift) Bern University of Applied Sciences
6. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World What makes a good photograph? Lens vs. post processing: filter blur causes loss of details Bern University of Applied Sciences
7. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World What makes a good photograph? Lens vs. post processing: filter blur causes loss of details Colour, saturation: ’Plastic world’ Bern University of Applied Sciences
8. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World What makes a good photograph? Lens vs. post processing: filter blur causes loss of details Colour, saturation: ’Plastic world’ Motif references internal representation of miniature world Bern University of Applied Sciences
9. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World Expert Photographers 1/2 Gottardo Nord by Andi Leemann and Jeri Peier (Tilt & Shift video on Vimeo). Bern University of Applied Sciences
10. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor Subject Miniature World Expert Photographers 2/2 The Sandpit by Sam O’Hare (Tilt & Shift and timelapse video on Vimeo). Bern University of Applied Sciences
11. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Equipment 3-way pan/tilt head tripod with bubble level Nikon D3100 reflex camera, DX-format CMOS sensor, 14.2 megapixels PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED: Tilt ± 8,5°, Shift ± 11,5mm Bern University of Applied Sciences
12. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Making Of 1/5 Outside view of funicular upper station in Magglingen/Macolin. Bern University of Applied Sciences
13. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Making Of 2/5 First location. Bern University of Applied Sciences
14. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Making Of 3/5 Waiting for a cable car. Bern University of Applied Sciences
15. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Making Of 4/5 On the way to the next location. Bern University of Applied Sciences
16. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Making Of 5/5 Cablecar crossing. Bern University of Applied Sciences
17. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Rejected 1/2 Horizontal tilt looks like sideways tilt. Bern University of Applied Sciences
18. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Rejected 2/2 Upright format doesn’t work. Bern University of Applied Sciences
19. Intro Subject Techniques Good Experts Project Equipment Making Of Rejected Post Proc Best Of Cablecar Digger Locomotor The Project Miniature World Post Processing Optimisations using Lightroom: Brightness, Contrast, Gamma Hue, Saturation, Lightness: ’Plastic world’ Bern University of Applied Sciences
20. Cablecar of Biel–Magglingen funicular
21. Digger at Wankdorf track field
22. Locomotor at Bern railway station