Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lens

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lens

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Amateur 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.

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lens

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lens Moscow. Photo: VK

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensVyborg. Photo: titkova/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensSaint-Petersburg. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensTver. Photo: Maksim Shkolnikov/500px.com

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMoscow. Photo: Ilia Musaelov/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensEkaterinburg. Photo: Andrew Starkov/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensOrenburg. Photo: muzhchina/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMoscow. Photo: Alexander Gorshkov/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensKaluga. Photo: Daniel Volkhonsky/flickrToy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMoscow. Photo: Igor Zabotin/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMoscow. Photo: VK

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensSmolensk. Photo: VK

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensSmolensk. Photo: VK

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensBelgorod. Photo: Dmitry Pelepets/flickr

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensSamara. Photo: Yuri Shlerin/500px.comToy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensEkaterinburg. Photo: Kirill Sobolev/500px.com

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMoscow. Photo: Alexander Sorokopud/500px.com

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMoscow. Photo: Leonid Maslov/500px.com

Toy Motherland: the urban landscapes of Russia in the tilt-shift lensMurmansk. Photo: Dmitry Sovyak/flickr

Keywords: Tilt-shift | Cities | Macro photography | Landscapes | Photographers | Photography

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