Tilt Shifted Racecar

[Jaedon]

Well sort of. Here is an image I took of Patrick Carpentier's car leaving the pits at the August NASCAR race in Brooklyn, Michigan. The tilt shift effect has been added in Photoshop. It definitely isn't a true tilt shift but I wanted some opinions on the effect. The end result is supposed to make the subject look like they have been dropped into a miniature scene or a shot of a miniature scene shot as is.

Opinions on the effect/treatment are what I am looking for here. C&C as always is encouraged and expected.

[retroactiv]

I think the effect works for the image it is very subtle but it really brings the car out. The one thing I do have to add to your photo that I think would help it more than the effect is to crop out the bottom up to the yellow line or even a tad higher.

[Jaedon]

Thanks for the input Chris... how's this version?

[retroactiv]

I like this last edit the best bravo

[Greg McCary]

I think the effect works. It does bring out the car more. Did you add a gaussian blur layer?

[Jaedon]

No I used a lens blur Greg. Here's a link to the tutorial I followed.

http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/...p-tutorial.php

[Greg McCary]

No I used a lens blur Greg. Here's a link to the tutorial I followed.

http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/...p-tutorial.php

Thanks for the link, I bookmarked it.