The smoke stacks belong to a power plant nicknamed “Big Allis,” after its manufacturer Allis-Chalmers. I used both the tilt and shift features on the Nikkor 24mm PC-E. The tilt creates the limited DOF and the toy bridge illusion, while the shift avoids the wide angle lens distortion from making all of the bridge supports lean unnaturally. Instead, they are all pretty much vertical. Oddly, I am so used to the skewed look of wide angle lenses that this looks unnatural to me.
Apart from HDR treatment in Photomatix and some sharpening, the only other post-processing was application of the Pro Contrast filter from Nik Software. That filter has truly become a “go to” option for me on almost every image, and is also unique in that I often use it with its default settings unaltered.
Jim Denham
11 Apr 2011Like both effects from the T/S here Mark! The bridge supports really stand out nicely!
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Chris Nitz
11 Apr 2011Nice shot today! I like how the stacks are just out of focus, yet the bridge is spot on. I find I’m wandering around the image. Cool post!
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Kristi Hines
11 Apr 2011I love tilt-shift effect in photos. Most people aim it for the cars or people, but I like the way it turned out on the bridge.
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