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Is It a Miniature Model or the Real Thing? Introducing the "Fake Tilt-Shift" Effect

Got this from Chuck Green's ideabook...
The next time you see a photograph of a tiny little, toy-like model of a "real" scene, look again. It may not be a model at all, it may be the real thing edited using the "fake tilt-shift" effect in Photoshop ("real" tilt-shift is accomplished using a camera lens by the same name). The effect is achieved by changing the depth of field (among other things).

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Here are some links to tutorials:

tiltshiftphotography.net
recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/
Creating Fake Miniatures
Create a Faux Tilt Shift Effect in Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

Fake InfraRed Photography: If you can't afford to Make one, Fake one

Not exactly a true IR, but it gives you a similar feel. Give it a try.

Alignment in Photomatix

I've found that Photomatix’s alignment wont work properly in itself. This means that the option below it, which is “Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts” must always be checked also to get the best result. Like so...


Here is an example of alignment WITHOUT the Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts:

You can see above at the HDR viewer window that the alignment isn't perfect.

And here's WITH the ATTEMPT TO REDUCE GHOSTING ARTIFACTS on:

Here the alignment is much better.

Here are just a couple examples of HDR results. The first one is merged into HDR & Tonemapped in Photomatix, Photomerged/Stitched & finalized in Photoshop. The second is fully done in Photoshop.

Reduce, Reuse, Diffuse: Make Your Own Flash Diffuser from an Old Film Container

A fun tip taken from photojojo which followed flickr user natuurplaat's lead. And here's the result...
Before...

After...

Your FREE Image Stabilizer for Any Camera

A smart alternative to tripod...
not for long or multiple exposure shots though :)

here is another link about string tripods.