Richard Irwin - Photoblog
Miniatures
Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 2 January 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual.
This shot is just a play about with Photoshop to create little 'photo miniatures' using the lensblur filter.
I took the image from Lincoln Castle back last summer.
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
The effect is very attractive!And it does miniaturize the people, almost makes them look like figurines.
Gabriela
2 Jan 2008 3:12pm
bm from Budapest, Hungary
What an awesome effect - looks just like one of those "mini-world" parks...have a great 2008!
2 Jan 2008 5:16pm
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Excellent effect...I kept staring and wondering if they were real or not.
2 Jan 2008 10:57pm
Barbara from Florida, United States
Exceptional. It did a trick on me, just like Jen I stared. It is the people that fooled me I could tell they were real while the buildings did have the miniature effect. I like the angle, colors and DOF.
3 Jan 2008 1:07am
Lia from Atlanta, United States
I thought it was real too until I read your comments... It's brilliant and so creative!
3 Jan 2008 1:35am
Scott Collins from Ontario, United States
Very Cool. I was thinking of doing the same with life-sized trains, after reading an article from a guy who uses extremely small apertures to make miniatures look real.
3 Jan 2008 2:11am
Aidan Hammond from Seoul, South Korea
interesting effect; I've used it on some of my own work as well and find it does help to focus the viewer; it will be interesting to see what more you do with it.
3 Jan 2008 2:34am
Walt from Scarborough, Canada
Awesome - it makes it look like a miniature village....
3 Jan 2008 2:36am
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Wow. Truly amazing treatment here, Richard. Sincerely, I have to crown you Master of Special Effects with this one – and I mean this in the most complimentary sense!! I’m so drawn to this image, staring and staring at these people and the buildings, that look so much like miniatures. Absolutely remarkable.
3 Jan 2008 2:57am
Rags from Plano, United States
you succeeded with making real people look like they are photo miniatures. Amazing!
3 Jan 2008 3:10am
@Sandrine: Thanks. It is fairly easy to do this in Photoshop, and the technique has been well documented. Here is a link to a tutorial.
shahab from Qazvin, Iran
Excellent work!Very well done!It works very well in here!
3 Jan 2008 12:36pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Isn't that amazing, ahhh the tools photographers have today! Excellent choice Richard :)
3 Jan 2008 2:49pm
Morris J. Chisholm from Thunder Bay, Canada
Very cool .I'll have to try my hand at this myself. Well done Richard.
4 Jan 2008 2:54am
Naren from Middletown, CT, United States
Excellent use of the lens blur. It does look like a mini village... Nice one.
10 Jan 2008 6:57am
