In-camera tilt shift | Night Photos | Photo Forum

Hello Brian…

I’ve never tried this.
When you say “in camera” I’m assuming that you’ve used no post processing software.
Does “in camera” mean that your camera has it’s own software to produce the effect or
is it that you are actually using a tilt-shift lens of some sort?

I wonder if the same effect could be achieved in Photoshop or Elements by blurring 
the top and bottom portions of the photo.  I’ll give it a go. (I do like saying that.)

Yes, the effect does give the “toy-like” appearance to a photo, but
I’ve never really understood why one would want to do that.

It does force a viewer’s attention to a specific subject without completely losing the
surrounding context.  That is a legitimate use.

Love the first image.  
It’s really nice that the sky and water are both the same tone of blue.
Was this the way it was, or did you give it some help in post?

and.. You must have been leaning pretty far over that railing to get the shot.

ps… a serious transgression – posting topics in the wrong forum.

Muneer… Well, I gave it a try and found it a bit difficult using motion blur without a layer mask as the simple “blur” tool does not match up with the “motion blur” so touch ups are not really possible. 

I do really like the motion blur effect though and think it would work very well with layer mask use for detailed work.

Here is the unblured photo if you wish to play with it.

Good luck, Mandrake.

Excellent, Muneer… Very nice job, indeed.
I like the motion blur better than the gaussian for the tilt-shift effect.
I also like that you kept the rock bulkheads in focus.