MPC #100 Tilt-Shift 2/22-3/6

[Bronic]

Thanks for voting for the rookie! I am however, no rookie to a happy feeling in my pantz

I think a Tilt-Shift theme would be pretty cool. If you don't have fancy software or lenses then bummer. You can still get a decent effect from some free websites. http://tiltshiftmaker.com/
If the crowd thinks the theme is still kinda limiting then let me know.

RULES:
1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.
2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.
3. The contest moderator will choose 5 photos to be voted on.
4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way, not an option.)
5. In the event of a tie, the contest moderator will have the deciding vote.
6. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
7. The winner has 3 days to start a new contest or 2nd place becomes the new winner.

Here is some sick tilt shift stoke to give some inspiration

[Bronic]

MPC#99 Zoom
Artificial Light
MPC #96 Portrait, as pertains to orientation
MPC #95 MACRO
MPC #94 Framed
MPC #93 October
MPC #92 White Line
MPC #91 Harvest
MPC #90 Where you live
MPC #89 Geological
MPC #88 Big Machinery
MPC #87 Hot/Heat
MPC #86 Stress Relief
MPC #85 Dirty
MPC #84 Transportation
MPC #83 Of Yourself, By Yourself, In Context
MPC# 82 Long Exposure: Urban Edition
MPC #81 Old School
MPC #80 Energy
MPC #79 Need
MPC #78 Weather
MPC #77 Action Sports
MPC #76 Stress
MPC #75 Anticipation
MPC #74 Foliage
MPC #73 Unreal
MPC #72 Speed
MPC #70 Old Technology
MPC #69 Plan B
MPC #68 Atmosphere POLL
MPC #67 Plants
MPC #66 Patterns
MPC #65 Weathered
MPC #64 WINNING
MPC #63 The End
MPC #62 Food
MPC #61 Seeing Double
MPC #60 Normal
MPC #59 Tranquility
MPC #58 Silhouette
MPC #57 Waiting
MPC #56 Night
MPC #55 Fire
MPC #54 Wheels

[Bronic]

MPC #53 Small Sensors
MPC #52 Blur
MPC #51 Found Faces
MPC #50 Portraits
MPC #49 Panoramic
MPC #48 Light & Shadow
MPC #47 Timing
MPC #46 Coffee & Beer
MPC #45 Community
MPC #44 Potential
MPC #43 Solitude
MPC #42 Holidays
MPC #41 Ominous
MPC #40 Imbalance
MPC #39 Transition
MPC #38 Unsightly
MPC #37 Self Portrait
MPC #36 Music
MPC #35 Summer
MPC #34 Passion
MPC #33 Home
MPC #32 Electricity
MPC #31 Bridges
MPC #30 Old & New
MPC #29 BW
MPC #28 Winter
MPC #27 HDR
MPC #26 Shadows
MPC #25 Circles
MPC #24 Bars
MPC #23 People
MPC #22 Architecture
MPC #21 Wild Beasts
MPC #20 Water
MPC #19 Bulb
MPC #18 Celebration
MPC #17 Sunrise & Sunset
MPC #16 Out of Place
MPC #15 Altered
MPC #14 Angles
MPC #13 Pain & Suffering
MPC #12 Unusual Perspective
MPC #11 Depth
MPC #10 Contrast
MPC #9 Festive
MPC #8 Reflection
MPC #7 Leading Lines
MPC #6 Minimal
MPC #5 Abandoned
MPC #4 Perspective
MPC #3 Airborne
MPC #2 Straylight
MPC #1 Motion

[hafilax]

Guess I'll have to play with the Diarama Art filter.

[Shepherd Wong]

Lens baby shot at an abandoned mine at Dividend Utah.

[Supermoon]

1.

[geomorph]

Tried getting out during a snow storm to enhance the snow globe effect, not sure if it worked

[MJbumper1121]

Monarch

[smmokan]

American Flag Barn in Niwot (just north of Boulder):

[kidwoo]

Oh come on! Those lenses are expensive and the after effects shit looks stoopid!

Fuckit, I'm shootin some legos and blurring out the edges.

[Bronic]

Nice looking shots! Keep em coming

[Wiilbert]

#1:
Rogers Pass, BC


Never attempted tilt-shift before, but I suppose that's the point of the MPC. Have a few ideas, hope I can replace this with a different entry.

[systemoverblow'd]

I'll admit I have no freaking clue what makes a "good" tiltshift image.

mini boston

[systemoverblow'd]

Mini Lynn

[hafilax]

Theodore Tugboat

[Eldo]

mini boston

That's cool! It really does look like a miniature model.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Ok I'll play. Always wondered what the tilt shift lenses did. Maybe I should have spent the $12 to be a member of the TShift site.

[systemoverblow'd]

Do you have photoshop? If you do, with gradient layer masks and blur filters you really don't need any additional software. Hell, CS6 actually has tilt shift built into its blur filter menu now. If you don't I suppose that is cheap enough to realize how limiting it can be

[Bronic]

Sorry if my original post lacked specifics. Hopefully everybody who needed it was able to find a free site that did the job. Obviously they are incredibly limiting. I figured almost everyone would have PS/Lightroom or some equivalent. I just wanted to give a option for those who didn't and still wanted to play.

Hopefully everybody had fun with this. Sounds like a first for a lot of you. I think it's pretty cool. Ill have the poll set up sometime tomorrow morning

[mtngirl79]

Tilt shift was fun to play with...here are mine... Snoqualmie from Kendall Ridge

[Vt-Freeheel]

Do you have photoshop? If you do, with gradient layer masks and blur filters you really don't need any additional software. Hell, CS6 actually has tilt shift built into its blur filter menu now. If you don't I suppose that is cheap enough to realize how limiting it can be

LR4 and still learning to use it. Open to learning new ways to work with photos.

[bad dancer]

I'll play.

This is from my instagram shot on my iphone.
Obviously not quite tilt shift but close.
Triathalon was happening in Mazatlan while on a bike tour so I grabbed a quick shot.

[Bronic]

LR4 and still learning to use it. Open to learning new ways to work with photos.

You can apply gradient blurs in LR. Here is an example tutorial. Google around and you'll find useful stuff.

http://lightroomsecrets.com/2011/06/...-in-lightroom/