Tuesday, May 4, 2010 / Travel /
I hit it off pretty well with this guy at the Batey. I think he was fascinated with my fancy camera just as much as I was into his scooter. He requested that I take several pictures of him and in return he let me ride this snazy scooter. It took me a couple tries to get it going but before I knew it, I was flying through the sugar kane fields. I must say… I almost died a few times but it was really fun. Little did my friend know he would become famous from the 3 people that read my blog. Hope you enjoy the photo and if you look closely that same donkey is in the background.
Alright so I don’t have a tilt-shift lens but I am thinking of getting one soon. Right now I am looking at the TS 45mm 2.8 for Canon as an option. I feel like its just a fad that will be in for a bit then out the next day. But I have seen some really cool stuff done with it so it might be worth the investment. This photograph was taken on the same trip in the Dominican Republic. I just decided to put a little more of an artistic touch to it tonight and thought I would share.
I ended up showing both versions, with and without the lens blur.
Oh and if your wondering how to create this effect yourself in Photoshop check out the Tilt-Shift Photography Tutorial.
Last summer I had an opportunity to travel to the Dominican Republic with my church. I have always had this fascination with taking pictures of rail road tracks and when the donkey showed up it just made it that much better. I might have went a little overboard with the distress vintage look but it was fun experimenting at the time. To get this effect I pretty much just warmed the image up in the RAW format. Then overlayed this grunge parchment looking paper on top a few times. I think there might have been some multiply styles as well. To be honest with you after the disease I contracted from this country, its all been kind of a blur.
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