Comments on: Flickr Find | Miniature Fakery http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fake Miniature: The Video « A Fine Dram http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2824 Fake Miniature: The Video « A Fine Dram Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:41:50 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2824 [...] Video I really enjoy tilt-shift miniature fakery pictures. Some good examples can be found here. Keith Loutit has taken the form to the next level with tilt-shift video. An example below. More on [...] [...] Video I really enjoy tilt-shift miniature fakery pictures. Some good examples can be found here. Keith Loutit has taken the form to the next level with tilt-shift video. An example below. More on [...]

]]> By: ronnie http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2823 ronnie Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:29:08 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2823 Thanks for featuring one of my photographs here; #6 is mine. I agree completely with what Curt has said, so I won't re-state it (loving #2 Curt). Mine too has been constructed with CS2 trickery (and was my first attempt) - tilt shift lenses are around £1000 and I can't justify the cost! @ the lil bee - the original photograph was taken in Porthleven in Cornwall, UK. The colour has been saturated slightly to add to the illusion of it being a miniature. ronnie Thanks for featuring one of my photographs here; #6 is mine. I agree completely with what Curt has said, so I won’t re-state it (loving #2 Curt). Mine too has been constructed with CS2 trickery (and was my first attempt) – tilt shift lenses are around £1000 and I can’t justify the cost!
@ the lil bee – the original photograph was taken in Porthleven in Cornwall, UK. The colour has been saturated slightly to add to the illusion of it being a miniature.

ronnie

]]> By: the lil bee http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2822 the lil bee Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:16:37 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2822 The second and sixth photos are completely amazing. Wow. #6 looks like something from Capri actually. I'm surprised there's so much controversy over these photos. Curt, I think they're beautiful. The second and sixth photos are completely amazing. Wow. #6 looks like something from Capri actually.

I’m surprised there’s so much controversy over these photos. Curt, I think they’re beautiful.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2821 Stephen Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:30:48 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2821 Nicely put Curt :) Nicely put Curt :)

]]> By: Curt http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2800 Curt Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:05 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2800 It's interesting to see some of my photos here, and the responses to them. Pictures 2-5, and 7-8 are mine, and if you enjoyed them, I'm glad. If you didn't, that's fine too, though I don't understand some of the criticisms, especially those made by Trip. It seems to me that you either like an image, or you don't. How that image came into being, to me, seems irrelevant. The comment "this is awful, sensational photography" could be applied to any image, anywhere, at any time, depending on one's point of view, right? So could the comment, " it requires little of the viewer and is a one trick pony - hardly sustainable." These are not valid criticisms, because they merely reflect the personal tastes and biases of the person making the comment, and are unprovable. I would have to ask, what should an image require of the viewer? Who sets there requirements? Yes, it is a gimmick. It is a trick. It's all done on a computer. I don't use a real tilt-shift lens, because they cost a small fortune. We all do what we like with what we can. As for art being "done best when there is a purpose behind the technique," I would have to say that creating art is purpose enough. Again, who cares why it was created? You almost never get the complete story of the artist's purpose anyway, unless you create it yourself, and even then you might forget, or the reasons may change. So why denigrate something simply because the purpose isn't clear, or to your liking? I can see being critical about the way the technique is applied, or other technical aspects, but merely saying "I hate tilt-shift" or "I hate HDR" means about as much as someone saying "I hate the color red," or "I hate rap music." Different strokes for different folks, right? Either you like it, or you don't. That's art; that's life. I don't feel that this technique is dead at all. It's fun to do, fun to look at (well, for some), and my god, it's showing up everywhere now. The more things you like, the happier you will be. Keep creating, keep having fun. Life is too short to worry about art. Thanks everybody. It's been fun. Curt It’s interesting to see some of my photos here, and the responses to them. Pictures 2-5, and 7-8 are mine, and if you enjoyed them, I’m glad.

If you didn’t, that’s fine too, though I don’t understand some of the criticisms, especially those made by Trip.

It seems to me that you either like an image, or you don’t. How that image came into being, to me, seems irrelevant. The comment “this is awful, sensational photography” could be applied to any image, anywhere, at any time, depending on one’s point of view, right?

So could the comment, ” it requires little of the viewer and is a one trick pony – hardly sustainable.” These are not valid criticisms, because they merely reflect the personal tastes and biases of the person making the comment, and are unprovable.

I would have to ask, what should an image require of the viewer? Who sets there requirements?

Yes, it is a gimmick. It is a trick. It’s all done on a computer. I don’t use a real tilt-shift lens, because they cost a small fortune. We all do what we like with what we can.

As for art being “done best when there is a purpose behind the technique,” I would have to say that creating art is purpose enough. Again, who cares why it was created? You almost never get the complete story of the artist’s purpose anyway, unless you create it yourself, and even then you might forget, or the reasons may change. So why denigrate something simply because the purpose isn’t clear, or to your liking?

I can see being critical about the way the technique is applied, or other technical aspects, but merely saying “I hate tilt-shift” or “I hate HDR” means about as much as someone saying “I hate the color red,” or “I hate rap music.” Different strokes for different folks, right?

Either you like it, or you don’t. That’s art; that’s life. I don’t feel that this technique is dead at all. It’s fun to do, fun to look at (well, for some), and my god, it’s showing up everywhere now.

The more things you like, the happier you will be. Keep creating, keep having fun. Life is too short to worry about art.

Thanks everybody. It’s been fun.

Curt

]]> By: invisibleagent http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2802 invisibleagent Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:36:11 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2802 Tilt Shift is definitely making a huge come back, both Leica and Hasselblad announced they were releasing tilt shift adaptors last summer. The technique is based on the Scheimpflug principle; article on wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle Very cool post ACL! Tilt Shift is definitely making a huge come back, both Leica and Hasselblad announced they were releasing tilt shift adaptors last summer.

The technique is based on the Scheimpflug principle; article on wikipedia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle

Very cool post ACL!

]]> By: coco http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2803 coco Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:31:16 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2803 as with all art, it's done best when there is a purpose behind the technique as with all art, it’s done best when there is a purpose behind the technique

]]> By: ecstaticist http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2801 ecstaticist Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:47:30 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2801 Hey Trip, who made you the art police? Why not let people do photography how they like? The audience determines whether they like it of their own accord. The moment of art is out of your control, bud, thank goodness. I suggest you just do your own thing and see if anyone likes it, if that's what you are aiming for. Hey Trip, who made you the art police? Why not let people do photography how they like? The audience determines whether they like it of their own accord. The moment of art is out of your control, bud, thank goodness. I suggest you just do your own thing and see if anyone likes it, if that’s what you are aiming for.

]]> By: giuseppe http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2812 giuseppe Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:41:31 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2812 As both an architecture student and the father of a kid who watches a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine, I look at more than my fair share of actual miniatures. I'm usually not a fan of digital trickery, but this is fun and cool, so why not. Thanks for an unusual post. As both an architecture student and the father of a kid who watches a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine, I look at more than my fair share of actual miniatures.

I’m usually not a fan of digital trickery, but this is fun and cool, so why not. Thanks for an unusual post.

]]> By: Andy http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/14/flickr-find-miniature-fakery/#comment-2811 Andy Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:56:46 +0000 http://acontinuouslean.com/?p=5204#comment-2811 Nice example of the real thing <a href="http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2007/06/15/shift-lens-garden/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Nice example of the real thing here.

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