@psychegrrrl thanks Michelle. I kind of like this and the shot of the queen anne's lace but not sure how effective they are for the challenge. probably should look up a bit more on the technique and what to shoot!
@californialover on my d7100 there is an effect called "miniature" where you move the "band" of focus where you want it and it blurs the rest. on elements there is also a tilt shift effect in the guided editing section. tried that but was happier with the effects I got in camera. I don't own a tilt shift lens. I tried freelensing on my shot with the minion and school supplies. I think that would be asking for trouble outside as it leaves your camera body open to too much dust (not that my house isn't dusty : \ as I spend too much time on photography! It would also be too easy to drop a lens as it is a clumsy technique at best.
@jackies365 very interesting! I read about tilt shift lenses and was always interested, but on the other hand I don't want to buy another lens. What is the advantage to wide open aperture usage? Isn't it almost the same effect?
@californialover I think it is mostly a shift in the angle of the effect. fairly similar to what maybe a 1.2 lens would do. I think in camera it applied some deepening of shadows. the strip where the focus is remains the same as the original and the sides or top and bottom get blurred more (depending on how you position your focus.) You could probably do this manually with edits the way the camera does it. If you look at my minion freelensing one, there is distortion of the objects in the photo as well as blur. I am by no means an authority on any of this. it was my challenge so I took it on. someone more creative than I would probably handle this entirely differently than I did lol!
@lisamccloskey@cheekylulu@nicoleterheide thank you. it certainly was a lovely day at the lake and the sun was just hitting all the yellow flowers perfectly! the in camera effect is kind of different from the real tilt shift technique. not as much distortion (or any) in the blurred areas. but it kind of points up the focus area a little more and shows it off!
