Tilt-shift photography photos

Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique technique of manipulating the camera to create miniature scene from real live photos. You could also use photoshop to create the same type of effect.

By manipulating the camera or by using Photoshop, photographers could easily create awesome miniature like photos. Normally to create this kind of photos, the photos are taken from high angle or aerial photos.

There is a website calledhttp://tiltshiftmaker.com, where you could create this type photos online for free.

To know better about Tilt-shift photography technique, you could join the following groups in Flickr for further details.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tiltshiftmaker/

Enjoy the photos below.

Tilt shift grid.

Tilt shift effect produced by tiltshiftmaker.com. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9057490@N08/3236731667/

Sauchiehall street tilt shift

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lupinehorror/3314247087/

Experimenting with tilt-shift effect

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldstein/2642408435/

Felixstowe sea front miniature

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevoarnold/2630521111/

Miniature railway

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bennecontentos/485984114/

Toy Boats

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonstar909/3144367584/

Manhattan fake-miniature tilt shift SIMCITY!

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaws/3750624765/

London

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/oseillo/2113201710/

Tiny World

Awesome Ant Photo taken by Dr Thomas Endlein. I can carry 100 times my own weight hanging upside down

Amazing photo of an asian weaver ants carrying 100 times it's own weight hanging upside down and clinging to a smooth surface.

Photo taken by Dr Thomas Endlein who won first prize in the first annual Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) science photo competition.

The amazing thing about asian weaver ants is that it could run freely when not carrying burden on the same type of surface and not stuck with it's sticky feet.

How the ants could change the level of it's feet stickiness?

According to Dr Endelin “Ants can change the size and shape of the pads on their feet depending on the load they are carrying. If they have to carry heavy loads they increase the contact area, and when they need to run they decrease it.”

The ants leg plays a role in the insects' stickiness.

"If you think about peeling off sticky tape from a surface, it's easiest when you peel at a steep, rather than a shallow, angle. Ants use the same mechanism: when they want to stick, they keep their legs at a shallow angle relative to the surface, and when they want to release their legs they increase this angle and peel off easily," said Dr Endlein.

"The pads on ants' feet are self-cleaning and can stick to almost any type of surface. No man-made glue or adhesive system can match this.”

Dr Endlein stated that by knowing how animal could control their adhesive systems could help scientists to come up with smarter adhesives in the future.

The largest hot air balloon gathering in the world, Lorraine Mondial Air Balloons

The largest hot-air balloon gathering in the world, Chambley, France. 
Originally uploaded by gbatistini

The largest hot air balloon festival in the world at Lorraine Chambley Air Base - France.


The 11th celebration of LORRAINE MONDIAL AIR BALLONS, was held from Friday, July 24th to Sunday, August 2nd 2009. It's a biennial event.


To see just one balloon is awesome, but to see hundreds of them in the air is really marvelous. It is one of the must visit event for hot air balloon enthusiast and photographers.

Balloon Circle - The Great Prosser Balloon Rally

Balloon Circle
Originally uploaded by MarkWells

Very nice image of hot air balloon taken at Prosser Balloon Festival. Nice reflection that creates a circle of hot air balloons.


Prosser Balloon Festival was started 21 years ago by Ted Wirch, when he came to Prosser to his in-laws a ballon ride. On the air, he notice that Prosser was a beautiful place and notified other balloonist about Prosser.


On the first event of Prosser Ballon Festival, eleven hot air balloons joined the event. In 2010, the organizer is expects 30 hot air balloons will join the festival.