It was September 2nd, 2016 – Chris Konecnik, Tom Crockett and I were headed up in the Top Hawk for a discovery flight.
Chris was taking us up in the Top Hawk and I brought my camera.
This was my first flight in a C172.
I was on a mission to create some awesome aerials of campus.
Among many of the aerials, I took – I got this one lined up with Engineering Mall:
hi-res/prints: photos.tmahlmann.com
and have decided many months later to make a tilt shift image out of it.
Tilt shift photography adjusts the focal plane to be different from its normal, perpendicular angle to the image sensor. Essentially, it makes a very slim part of the image in focus.
When shooting a subject from above using this technique, it creates a miniature effect.
hi-res/prints: photos.tmahlmann.com
It is almost an illusion, as the things in the image are still the same size as they were – the blurs somehow make them look so tiny!
“That’s a cool technique, how can I make one, too?”
Plan to use this technique more, for sure!
Have an idea/suggestion for a photo? Drop me a line! I’d love to hear it.
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