Dubai - tilt-shift special effect
I've been converted by the rather neat tilt-shift effect. The idea is to play about with the focus and blurring to create the effect of a scale, miniature model of the original photo. The trick works really well with scenic photos that have a good level of depth to them.
If you aren't too fussed about doing lots of fine tuning, you can upload your photo to this excellent site to apply the effect, or you can use a package like Photoscape, which has a pretty good tilt-shift function.
This collection of pics ends the Dubai series.
Cars:
View from my sister's apartment in the Old Town:
Random pics (not very tilt-shift effective, but what the hey):
PS - I realise this deluge of Dubai photos may not have made for particularly interesting viewing, but it serves an ulterior end - I am planning to build the blog into a personal reference tool, so there may be some strange stuff appearing on here in the future. You have been warned!
2 comments:
I spent a lot of time in Oman and Dubai. Your photos bring back memories -- in a fun sort of way. That final photo, of the road leading into the mountains, reminds me of the road from Nizwa to Musandum through Dakhiliyya Province. (Not too far from Dubai, as it turns out! But you already knew that...)
Hi LT, Glad the pics are of interest to someone other than myself! We were going to go to stay overnight in Musandum but my wallet didn't allow for it, alas! If I recall correctly, the photo was taken on the way back from Hatta Pools to Dubai.
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