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Triborough Bridge Tilt-Shift

My first attempt at tilt-shift. This was taken out the window of a plane leaving La Guardia airport. Lightroom's de-haze filter works wonders in bringing b...
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My first attempt at tilt-shift. This was taken out the window of a plane leaving La Guardia airport. Lightroom's de-haze filter works wonders in bringing back the color.
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Canon EOS REBEL T4i

settings

Aperture f/4.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 37/1

upload_date

Sep, 2015

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1164

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Awards

Contest Finalist in New York Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in TiltShift Effect Photo Contest

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+13

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken from a commercial airliner shortly after leaving La Guardia Airport in New York. It was an overcast day with good visibility and I got several nice shots of Manhattan, Queens and New Jersey.

Time

It was early afternoon and a bit overcast.

Lighting

Taking pictures from airplanes is tricky. There's always a tint caused by the windows and reflections can be a problem because there are multiple panes of glass to shoot through. Luckily, there was no bright sun to deal with.

Equipment

This was shot with a Canon Rebel T4i handheld with the camera as close to the glass as possible. I was able to shoot with a low ISO because there was just enough light on the scene.

Inspiration

I enjoy taking pictures from airplanes. I've even taken pictures at night which is easy to do with bright city lights. I'd been meaning to try a tilt-shift effect in post processing since I'd seen a number of photos processed that way on-line.I have shot of the George Washington Bridge that I also processed with a tilt-shift effect.

Editing

The tilt-shift effect was originally created by placing a flexible connection between the camera and the lens. Today the same effect can easily be accomplished by blurring the top and bottom of a photo while keeping the center sharply in focus. There are several post-processing programs that include a blur filter specifically designed to create this effect. Besides the tilit-shift, I also had to color correct the picture to remove the color cast from the heavily tinted windows. The dehaze filter in Lightroom helped quite a bit.

In my camera bag

My current camera is the Canon Rebel T4i. I started out with two "kit" lenses, 18-55mm and 55-200mm. Unfortunately, I found myself changing lenses far too often with this arrangement. I decided to purchase a Sigma 18-200mm lens to replace the other two and it worked out really well. The quality is excellent and at less than $500, the price was just right.

Feedback

Not all pictures translate well into tilt-shift images. You have to try a lot of subjects and experiment quite a bit until you get the results you want. That's the fun of post-processing. You can try a lot of different variations without going back to re-shoot the scene. The best advice I can give is: Don't give up. Keep trying, looking at other photographers' results and trying to do what they do. Eventually, you'll produce something you like that is truly yours alone.

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Triborough Bridge Tilt-Shift

My first attempt at tilt-shift. This was taken out the window of a plane leaving La Guardia airport. Lightroom's de-haze filter works wonders in bringing b... Read more

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