tilt-shift love

As you may or may not know, I'm participating in the October 2010 Photo Hunt.  It's been a very neat experience so far, although I'm quite behind in getting all of my photos taken for the month - Eek, it's not the 21st by chance, is it?  Goodness.  I need to get moving.

But anyways, I was rather scared of a certain assignment by the name of "Tilt-Shift photography".  After doing a bit of research and finding out what the heck it was (*blushes with embarrassment*) I got freaked out.  How on earth was I going to achieve this - without photoshop?

In all my excitement, I forgot about a link I had been given to an actual Tilt-Shift maker.  After finally heading on over, I was a little relieved.  It seemed that they did the whole thing for you.  I had hope.

So, after taking this shot while on a bike-ride the other day, I decided to give it a try.  I did a quick, basic edit...

xposure 0.003 sec (1/320)
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Aperture f/14.0

Focal Length 135 mm
ISO Speed 400}

And then headed over to TiltShiftMaker.com.  And uploaded my picture.  And had the jitters.

But for absolutely no reason at all; a moment later I was looking at this...

It worked like magic, and only required a few little adjustments on my part.  Then I just downloaded it onto my computer to gaze at.  Yes, Hannah, you actually took this picture.


 I'm kind of excited. And I have another item to check off the list, which is undeniably satisfying, too;)

Have you ever tried Tilt-Shift Photography before?  Do share!  And if you're new, TiltShiftMaker.com does a wonderful job of explaining and creating everything for you.

And have a lovely Thursday, sweet friends!

Love,

Hannah