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Posted on 05/08/20 09:02:35 AM |
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DavidMac
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Some very entertaining forced perspective
Here is some very amusing forced perspective photography. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 06/08/20 3:45:54 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
On a similar theme I just saw this on diyphotography.net. The presenter is, perhaps, a little too gushing but it might provide some inspiration particularly if you use, say, ‘green screen’ to separate out the background for composites http://www.diyphotography.net/use-food-and-household-objects-to-make-amazing-miniature-worlds/ _________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
Posted on 06/08/20 5:58:56 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2634 Reply  |
Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
Interesting, I can remember doing this as a kid. If memory serves there was an article in Popular Photography magazine around 1957-58 that prompted my efforts. One in particular used a tiny matchbox tank and a small puff of cotton to create the muzzle blast smoke. Using a rangefinder camera in my endeavors was the hard part...  |
Posted on 06/08/20 9:21:04 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
Same idea - more sophisticated techniques. What I love about the ones I posted is that, although unsophisticated, they are done with nothing but a bit of ingenuity. But thank you for the link. It has given me some ideas!!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 06/08/20 9:44:17 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
Now I am impressed! To do that without a reflex camera would take some doing and, I suspect, a lot of attempts. No way to judge the high depth of field required until afterwards (aside from the depth markings on the lens either side of the focus point that many cameras had in those days). To say nothing of the parallax problems with the viewfinder being physically offset from the lens. Range finders! I had forgotten them. My first Leica, a 1942 IIB, which I acquired in my early twenties, had one built in just next to the viewfinder. But for my earlier teenage camera, one of the early Agfa Karat series, I had one I bought separately that fitted into the accessory shoe. Strangely I kept it and used it for years, long after the camera had gone, as simple instrument for measuring distances. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/08/20 08:21:33 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
When you first posted I skimmed for later study. By pure chance one of the parts I landed on was adding a sky in post. This together with your remark led me to believe that post was being used. Having now reached the 'later study' stage I see I was deceived. His technique is all in camera. What is interesting is that, unlike my post, he is not using forced perspective all but simply exploiting differences in scale. It's a funny idea. Thank you. But he IS irritating ..........  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 07/08/20 6:40:33 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2634 Reply |
Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
It didn't work very well for me. I can't remember the details, but there was a +10 diopter filter involved and some measurements from the focus point to the film plane indicator of the camera. As for parallax, it was shoot, develop, modify camera position, shoot and yadda, yadda, yadda... I got a few reasonable images. Bur soon wrote it off as an interesting experiment. |
Posted on 07/08/20 8:35:36 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4939 Reply |
Re: Some very entertaining forced perspective
I reckon you did well to get even close .......... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |