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Tilt-shift photography is a method of photography that utilizes tilt-shift lenses to overcome the restrictions of depth of field and perspective that normal lenses provide. A tilt-shift lens allows for the rotation of lens against the image plane (tilt), as well as the movement of lens along the image plane (shift). By applying Scheimpflug principle, tilt-shift photography is able to obtain a very shallow depth of field using tilt and a large aperture.

Tilt-shift miniature faking is one of the most popular applications of tilt-shift photography. This is a process in which a photographer manipulates the angle of a tilt-shift lens to distort the focus of a scene to be captured by the camera, thereby creating an illusionary depth of field usually produced by macro lenses. This makes the particular scene appear smaller than it truly is.

Due to the popularity of tilt-shift miniature faking, it is often misunderstood to be synonymous with the tilt-shift photography method itself. In reality, there are other effects that can be achieved from this method. For instance, tilt-shifting is widely used to capture architectural scenes because of its unique ability to remove perspective in photos and manipulate the plane of focus.

We present here 60 cool examples of tilt-shift photography for your reference.

Tilt-Shift Photography

Nakayan’s tilt-shift Tokyo 箱庭日比谷線
by pinboke_planet

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Eiffel Tilt-Shift II
by ArnarBi

Tikal Miniature
by roevin

Vatican Stairs
by Toshio

Oregon State Beavers Tilt-Shift Miniature
by wikipedia.com</p>

Mini-cars on a mini-street
by nahadef

Miniature living room
by countlazarus

Cleveland Clinic Miniature
by House Photography

Tilt-shift house
by pernillep

School Walk
by hello hayley

Dirt bikes race start
by wakeboy

New York City Miniature
by Daniele Pesaresi

Real world in miniature: Construction site
by Super tourist

Street in Downtown LA
by CFrancisco

Small Worlds at the Technisches Museum Vienna
by bre pettis

Tilt Loader
by entropy462

Real Macro
by deMiguel

Landschaft30
by Matthias Focks

Mini Traffic
by Studio Skitz (Steven Hsieh)

Toy train
by rolohauck

Two-Bump
by cityshrinker

Kid’s store
by Stevo Arnold

Clock tower
by Rolo Hauck

Houses on a slope
by mcsixth

Bigrig
by Hamish D. Grant

Canal Grande
by jjjohn

River boat on the Mississippi
by djnekokittie

Tilt Shift – Puente del Inca, Mendoza, Argentina
by Al Zuwaga

Vegas mini six
by californiabirdy

Tilt-shift ─ Jhongjhu Port
by Yueh-Hua 2009

old_city-hall_sheraton
by wvs

Peering into the Miniascape
by rawheadrex

The Corniche in Muscat Oman
by Eric Lafforgue

Southern Cross Station
by JamesDPhotography

Small houses
by Hờ Nim</p>

Small People
by ChristofferEngström

serralves 08
by ronyjux

Harvard Book Store – Tilt Shift
by Carmel Kozlov

Man in the woods
by Cheapshooter.com

More Tilt-Shift Photos

Can’t get enough of these amazing tilt-shift photographs? Here are more:

Tilt-shift lenses (D.I.Y)

Not surprisingly, tilt-shift lenses can be quite expensive, costing $1000 and above. Here are some alternative methods you can go for:

Tilt-Shift With Adobe Photoshop

If tilt-shift lens is not within your budget at this time, how about some Photoshopping to get your photo to look really tilt-shifted.

Further Readings on Tilt-Shift Photography

Here are some other articles and links about tilf-shifting photography you might be interested in:

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Posted by hongkiat in Inspiration , at 05.29.09

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Comments

  1. Dominik May 29th, 2009

    Nice one! But maybe u should delete the “Clock Tower” which is made quite bad….
    Greetings from Munich, Germany!

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  2. JackSimz May 29th, 2009

    Photoshop Magic made us into Small Little World.

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  3. Geoffrey Gordon May 29th, 2009

    Great collection, brilliant perspective, very eye catching and visually pleasing to look at.I have been meaning to get into photography for a while since I do website design, and I believe the two skills go hand in hand.

    Reply
  4. ahmike May 29th, 2009

    Hey hong kiat, you’re da man!

    I was just looking for it and you posted it today :) Thank you so much.

    Reply
  5. dlv May 29th, 2009

    uff, brillian example of this kind of photography, very nice to find and share great eye catching photos like this.
    I love School Walk, the maya piramid and Two-Bump !

    adeux!

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  6. Vim May 30th, 2009

    great collection, at first glimpse the objects and people look like toy models?

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  7. Ash Bryant May 30th, 2009

    Great pics. You can make your own, and it’s so easy using this web app http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

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  8. Callum Chapman May 30th, 2009

    That really is crazy – they all look like incredibly complicated (and expensive) toy sets!

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  9. Beautiful Wallpapers May 31st, 2009

    Nice , I really like this article , thanks for sharing

    Reply
  10. Dimmka May 31st, 2009

    Класно! Нашел, наконец толковый блог на просторах интернета) Ура!

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  11. Fuze May 31st, 2009

    Too much blur.

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  12. Scipio June 1st, 2009

    @Vim:

    I thought so too, especially the Eiffel Tower picture. They all look like toys to me.

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  13. The Internet Police June 1st, 2009

    It is supposed to be like that that the is a vital point of the modification

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  14. Luke June 1st, 2009

    Most of these are not examples of the use of tilt-shift lenses rather, Photoshop DOF blurring. I guess you call it tilt-shift faking?

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  15. leesifer June 1st, 2009

    Good article, I’ve always liked this photoshop mod, but there is so much more to do with a real tilt-shift. Also the one of the boat is just a model. You should probably remove that one it doesn’t fit the theme.

    LeeG

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  16. Jewels June 1st, 2009

    I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought ALL of these looked like toys…but they are pretty neat either way.

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  17. Ash Menon June 1st, 2009

    While these ARE stunning images to look at, most of them are the result of good usage of DOF manipulation in Photoshop. A proper tiltshift lens will have proper depth of focus layout (i.e., buildings and people the same distance from lens will have same sharpness, regardless of vertical height).

    Although I have to say, if you want to create a macroworld, Photoshop’s a whole lot better than a tiltshift.

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  18. entropy462 June 1st, 2009

    hey… one of those is mine … that’s awesome …

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  19. KRV June 1st, 2009

    Not all were great, but awesome either way :) “Toy train” is easily the best one!

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  20. Cool pictures June 1st, 2009

    Love these pictures! Great effect, thanks for sharing :)

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  21. Johnny June 1st, 2009

    Some of these are great, but the rest range from ok to bad.Particularly everything from Hamish D. Grant. Sorry Hamish.

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  22. Jimbob June 2nd, 2009

    Some of these work really well like the crossroads and kids store but there’s a few that aren’t at all convincing. Ideally the viewpoint needs to be elevated to create the illusion of looking down on a model.

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  23. Inara Reynolds June 2nd, 2009

    If you guys are into tilt-shift photography, check out Keith Loutit. http://www.vimeo.com/keithloutit He is one of the best I’ve seen.

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  24. Livia June 2nd, 2009

    My most popular photo on Flickr is a fake tilt shift shot. I used a tutorial I found online which was really good. I didn’t bookmark it though otherwise I would post up the link.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/supercamel/1077795123/in/set-72157604634463131/

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  25. tommy June 3rd, 2009

    These are great. Thanks for posting.

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  26. Sangesh June 3rd, 2009

    Well, a very professional collection of “tilt-shift photography”. I’m quite inspired.

    Reply
  27. DEo June 3rd, 2009

    amazing this one… hope I can get some for my blog Deo’s Web Blog

    Reply
  28. Segundo June 3rd, 2009

    its so cute and I am quite amaze with this post! gudluck

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  29. . June 6th, 2009

    shopped

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  30. Lyn June 7th, 2009

    Nice

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  31. Ash Davies June 7th, 2009

    Fantastic collection.
    if anyone’s interested in creating some tilt shift of their own take a look at this guide
    http://www.photoguides.net/photoshopping-tilt-shift

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  32. House June 9th, 2009

    My image (Tilt-shift crossroads) has been stolen and credited to “ochmonek”. Please remove it immediately or link it to it’s original source “http://www.flickr.com/photos/housephotography/1629911472/”

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  33. G. Baggett June 9th, 2009

    This is funny. We have a vintage wooden floor model view camera that was made in the early 1930’s and it does exactly the same thing by moving the film plane! One more instance of “what goes around……..” (The speed graphic press cameras to it, too.)

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  34. Steve June 9th, 2009

    holy shit…i just moved my couch away from the wall and discovered a secret door. i pryed it open with a tire iron and discovered 3 very scared niggers. turns out my house sits on top of the underground railroad and them coons have been under my house for 150 years. go figure!

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  35. patrickv October 17th, 2009

    Man i love this. Didn’t really know what tilt shift photography was all about

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  36. Metal roofing chennai October 21st, 2009

    These designs are really inspiring

    Reply
  37. aperture templates October 22nd, 2009

    This is a style that I would like to learn!

    Reply
  38. peb chennai October 26th, 2009

    Thanks for sharing beautiful designs and Tilt-Shift Photography tutorials here

    Reply
  39. plywood chennai November 5th, 2009

    The designs are eye catching and amazing , very attractive

    Reply
  40. Lee Borretrt November 16th, 2009

    Hello The pictures look great – thanks!
    Can you please advise me? I take pictures of longcase clocks and some very shiny square brass dials (approx 12inches x 12 inches). When taking pictures of the shiny dials only (not the case) – to stop the reflections, I tend to have to lower my camera and tilt up to get rid of reflections. This works but then my square dial is no longer true/square. Do you think that if I invested in a tilt and shift canon lens, it will solve my problem? Thanks Lee

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  41. seo faqs November 21st, 2009

    The designs are awesome and thanks for sharing the tutorial

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  42. coach November 27th, 2009

    Some interesting creative ideas here. Very inspirational.

    Reply
  43. weight November 27th, 2009

    The designs are awesome and thanks for sharing the tutorial.

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  44. electronic November 27th, 2009

    Hello The pictures look great – thanks!
    Can you please advise me? I take pictures of longcase clocks and some very shiny square brass dials (approx 12inches x 12 inches). When taking pictures of the shiny dials only (not the case) – to stop the reflections, I tend to have to lower my camera and tilt up to get rid of reflections. This works but then my square dial is no longer true/square. Do you think that if I invested in a tilt and shift canon lens, it will solve my problem? Thanks Lee

    Reply
  45. Francesco December 24th, 2009

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