Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lens
Categories: Exhibition | Photo project
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/toy-motherland-the-urban-landscapes-of-russia-in-the-tilt-shift-lens.htmlAmateur photographers often experiment with different modes of photography to get unusual shots. One of these techniques is called tilt-shift: it consists in using a special lens that allows you to change the tilt of the optical axis.
Due to the shift of the optical axis, it is easier to control the perspective, as well as simulate the effect of macro photography, getting a spot of sharpness in the center of the frame. Due to the decreasing sharpness at the edges of the frame, the composition is perceived as a layout: the vision focuses on small objects in the center, blurring everything that remains out of focus.
In the hands of skilled photographers, this optical technique turns any landscape into a toy scene.
Moscow. Photo: VK
Vyborg. Photo: titkova/flickr
Saint-Petersburg. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev/flickr
Tver. Photo: Maksim Shkolnikov/500px.com
Moscow. Photo: Ilia Musaelov/flickr
Ekaterinburg. Photo: Andrew Starkov/flickr
Orenburg. Photo: muzhchina/flickr
Moscow. Photo: Alexander Gorshkov/flickr
Kaluga. Photo: Daniel Volkhonsky/flickr
Moscow. Photo: Igor Zabotin/flickr
Moscow. Photo: VK
Smolensk. Photo: VK
Smolensk. Photo: VK
Belgorod. Photo: Dmitry Pelepets/flickr
Samara. Photo: Yuri Shlerin/500px.com
Ekaterinburg. Photo: Kirill Sobolev/500px.com
Moscow. Photo: Alexander Sorokopud/500px.com
Moscow. Photo: Leonid Maslov/500px.com
Murmansk. Photo: Dmitry Sovyak/flickr
Keywords: Tilt-shift | Cities | Macro photography | Landscapes | Photographers | Photography
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