E-P2/E-PL1 Diorama Art Pic's

[klythawk]

Hi all, been playing with the Olympus Diorama Art setting on the E-P2. Hope others will add for a bit of fun.

Here's some of my first attempts ....

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E-P2/20mm

John

 

[BBW]

These are great John! I have yet to try it outside...always seem to make my attempts inside. These are really quite cool. Thanks for starting this thread.

 

[klythawk]

Thanks BB, it suits me down to the ground, most of my shots are OOF anyway.

John.

 

[BBW]

I doubt that, John, but I often feel that way myself.

 

[sabesh]

Great shots John! I love the punchy colours too.

 

[Porky4]

Hi John,

I caught the whole set in that "other place". The in focus bits emphasise the sharpness you're getting with your E-P2, but I'm afraid that these images don't do anything for me. Sorry.

I think that this style of processing is best done from a higher position looking down with a horizontal band in focus and going OOF above and below the band. Can you choose that that option with the Diorama rt setting on the E-P2? If so, try shooting a few pics from on high. Down a hill or from the top of a building perhaps.

Just my 2p's worth.

Paul

 

[BBW]

If you can add bit of vignetting I think it might help with the highlights..

To see something a bit different but not completely - check out this thread by F1L1P on tiltshifting for that view from above.:smile:

 

[Porky4]

... To see something a bit different but not completely - check out this thread by F1L1P on tiltshifting for that view from above.:smile:

Yep. That's what I meant.

Paul

 

[klythawk]

Hi Paul.

I took a few with the horizontal focus, just depends which way you hold the cam. The ones posted seemed to look better shot vertically, but i've never been very good at judging pic's. :tongue:

Horizontal focus...

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John.

 

[epidemiologist]

Excellent pictures

Diorama is nice art filter! Can't wait to try it...

 

[BBW]

John, you've got a fan base going. Keep on keeping on and enjoy yourself. Vive les art filters!

Check out steveb's diorama shot here on the E-PL1 Image thread post #67, it's pretty cool, too.

 

[steven444]

wow great pictures

 

[klythawk]

Hi

Looking over the wall from the local Tesco's car park

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E-P2/20mm

John

 

[GaryCh]

I caught the whole set in that "other place"

Gasp! There's another place? Surely you jest!

edited to delete some remark even more pointless than the one above which replaces it

What would look really interesting in my opinion, would be to spend time in photoshop adding the shadow of a giant handheld camera or go to the trouble of faking it's reflection in the red car body or perhaps, easier, the windows in the highstreet picture.

... that would truly be quite freaky IMO.


-Gary

 

[cosinaphile]

most of the diaroama filter effects have been up down affairs , that ive seen so far and employed vistas and expanses with a simulated foreground \backround defocus


but some of these do the left\ right defocus , and for closer subjects its very good

thanks , cant wait to get a camera that has this software "filter"

 

[BBW]

John, perhaps you ought to contact MINI about doing a photo shoot? And I do think that Gary's suggestion about the giant shadow would be a nice touch, too.

 

[MitchHamilton]

My turn

Alright, I can't let John have all the fun :tongue:

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Thanks for looking,

Mitch

 

[BBW]

Mitch, thanks for these. I especially like your first one - the spring time miniature world really does look as though it is a model.

 

[BartonFlyer]

I have to add this one - I think the diorama filter is great fun

A steet in Nimes, taken from high up in the amphitheatre

 

[francotheiii]

Outside UCLA

Here are my first attempts at the Diorama filter as well!

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All using the Kit lens, sadly it was a very overcast morning, so it doesn't really pop like I wanted it to.