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November 14, 2007 Posted by Mitchster in Daily Photography

Miniaturized Railroad

A model train set? Nope, this is the North Yard of the BNSF Railroad that I visitied with Bob Kupbens on Saturday. What makes it "miniaturized" is a tilt-shift effect that makes the depth of field appear to be very shallow. Depth of field is the area that is in focus. This is determined by several factors: aperture, focal length and the distance to the subject. When the distance to the subject is as far away as these trains are, everything is in focus. The effect is normally only seen in close-up objects, like a small train set. That's what makes this seem like it's miniaturized. How then did I get the effect on something this large? I could use a bellows camera and tilt-shift the lens, but there are several cool tools that allow you to do this with a 35mm SLR. But that's not how I did it. The most powerful photography tool was easier to employ — Photoshop.
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