Comments: old city hall

Nice lens and a nice shoot. This lens is to expensive ;)

Posted by Rajko at September 25, 2006 03:21 AM

Très beau ! It looks like it's not real asif it was a reduced model of reality.

Posted by Philippe Poivre at September 25, 2006 03:21 AM

interesting selective focus and I'm amazed how much this looks like a model--pretty cool!

Posted by otilius at September 25, 2006 03:44 AM

The covers of the spacing mag is unbelievable......

You are really ssssoooooo talented Sam.

Great work.

Posted by nicolas at September 25, 2006 03:50 AM

Hey, congratulations on getting the magazine shoot. This reminds me of a model village.

Posted by Jon at September 25, 2006 04:08 AM

That's awesome. It looks almost like one of those tiny scale models. I've seen photos before where the effect has been created artifically in photoshop, but I've never seen one where the lens mde the effect. Good work.

Posted by Ash at September 25, 2006 07:47 AM

Hi, Your photoblog is so cool and I'm checking it everyday.
recently I've build a photoblog, I'm not professional, but if you check it once, I will be happy!

Posted by Mostafa at September 25, 2006 07:57 AM

I was waiting forthe computer to properly load the picture and when it didn't get any clearer, I scrolled down and saw that part that was in focus. Very nice effect

Posted by navin harish at September 25, 2006 07:58 AM

That is such a cool picture! It looks like if someone built a miniature version of the city.

Posted by Lyndon at September 25, 2006 08:19 AM

This lens gives an interesting perspective. It kind of makes it look like a toy city.

Posted by Avi at September 25, 2006 08:27 AM

What a great picture. At first glance, it looked like this was a scale model. In fact, every time I look at it, it appears to be a miniature and only takes on it's real dimensions after a few seconds.

Posted by Jason Mayoff at September 25, 2006 08:29 AM

Wow, this almost makes the building look like it is only a model.

Posted by Dustin at September 25, 2006 08:40 AM

Beautiful light, and I love the "toytown" effect created by the tilted plane of focus.

Posted by Stuart at September 25, 2006 09:20 AM

very nice shot ,like always.

Posted by pooyan at September 25, 2006 09:26 AM

Looks like a small scale model. Very cool.

Posted by Andy@PhotoChron at September 25, 2006 09:51 AM

Good shot. It´s like a scale model ;)

Posted by erre at September 25, 2006 10:14 AM

Got my copy of Spacing in the mail last week, and your photos (and all the photos in the magazine) look great. As always, you do Toronto proud.

Posted by David S. at September 25, 2006 10:17 AM

Amazing shot, I have seen shots with this lens before and they tend to be excellent! Love this photo and congrats regards to the front cover.

Posted by Craig Wilson at September 25, 2006 10:23 AM

I love the tilt/shift lens and I was wondering if you could use a tilt shift lents to film things with a video camera. that would be cool.

Posted by Taylor Crandall at September 25, 2006 10:39 AM

i check out your sight as often as possible. Miy i say "beautiful work"... this is a great shot but maybe it's the lens used that is creating the effect that it's an architecht miniature. none the less nice shot.

Posted by c at September 25, 2006 10:41 AM

This photo is so perfect in detail! At first I thought you shot a photo of someone's model or miniature town hall. Your photos never cease to amaze me.

Posted by Tara at September 25, 2006 10:55 AM

This photo looks like one of your shots of a miniature. Perhaps because sections of the building quickly fall out of focus. It is interesting to discover this is a REAL full-size building with perspective and depth of field controlled by a special lens.

Posted by Kevin at September 25, 2006 10:58 AM

Sam,
The camera you used makes this picture almost look like you took it with a toy camera!! I love this picture the Old Hall looks even better then I remember it! Can't wait to see your other pictures from your session!!!

Posted by Heart at September 25, 2006 11:02 AM

Wow, cool TS-E usage. The DOF makes it look like a model. I had to double check with your comments to make sure it wasn't. I like the way the TS-E lens gives some focus space around the main building.

Posted by Darrick at September 25, 2006 11:06 AM

i don't know how you used it but i'm pretty sure the photo is just nice.

Posted by nlys_xct at September 25, 2006 11:22 AM

The background out of focus had me puzzled until I read the data. Sure do have straight walls up front with that tilt lens. Last time I used tilt & swing was with a 5x7 inch Deardorf View Camera 57 years ago. The whole idea of a 35 mm or smaller system having that is - astounding.

Posted by Hugh Petrie at September 25, 2006 11:27 AM

Damn fine shot sir!

Posted by Jon Moss at September 25, 2006 01:40 PM

Got my issue of Spacing this morning. Great cover shot as well as this one. Can't wait to see more.

Posted by Fender at September 25, 2006 01:50 PM

amazing photo. it almost look like minature building. well done.

you have inspired me to buy myself a dsr to start shooting. it has been a week since my purchase and so much fun.

your website is my homepage for my internet browser. i hope i can inspire people like you do to so many with photography.

Posted by mk at September 25, 2006 02:06 PM

Yeah, my immediate impression of this shot was that it was a very well constructed model. Is it the depth of field that gives us the perception? Or it something about the perspective?

Posted by wedge at September 25, 2006 02:39 PM

as much as I admire this photo... I cannot really understand people's fascination with turning the real world into a model world... after all, that is where it all started in the first place.. as a model in some architect's office.. and it's the result that should be admired, not the model. Maybe that fascination has something do to with being enamored with all those rewind/undo/cancel/etc. options on so many things we use these days..

Posted by Susie at September 25, 2006 03:26 PM

I noticed I am not the only one who thought this looked like a model. It's amazing how unreal it looks. I do not know much about photography (well i know nothing) but is there a way to stop it blurring at the top of the photograph like it has and to put everywhere into focus?

Posted by TheWakeUpCall at September 25, 2006 04:14 PM

Thanks for posting such high res photos. I have a 1900x1200 monitor and don't have to scroll! I love that.

Posted by A.R. at September 25, 2006 05:21 PM

Awesome. I can't afford such a lens, but I have been playing around with that sort of effect in photoshop. Must have been fun to have a go at the real thing. Nice shot. I particularly like that the selected focus area also isolated in the sun.

Posted by Geoff at September 25, 2006 05:26 PM

Wow, congratulations!! You deserve it :)
This photo is awesome. Whem i first looked at it i thought it was a miniature of the building but after a closer look i saw it was the real deal :D
Congratulations again!

Posted by Luis Violante at September 25, 2006 05:58 PM

Man, what a cool shot! I've gotta get one of these TS lenses.

Posted by Richard Houtby at September 25, 2006 09:48 PM

You did a fine job with this. Is a 24mm Tilt-Shift in your future? I hope so! I think it fits your work perfectly.

Posted by geckonia at September 25, 2006 10:22 PM

Is that like the one they used b4 the Metro Hall, which I thought is also the old city hall?

That bus stop reminds me of the one in SimCity.

Posted by Boreo at September 25, 2006 11:16 PM

This is absolutely brilliant!

Posted by Cy at September 26, 2006 03:56 AM

Interesting light and the play with the PC is interesting. Many have commented of the look and feel of a "model", and that was my impression as well. While interesting, it leaves me disinterested except for the lighting; it is just "too plastic" for me, and, IMO, for the purpose of the photo. To me it represents the look and feel of the Canon CMOS sensor that I find unappealing.

Perhaps you wanted the plastic look, and I can certainly speculate as to why you and the creative director would want that. If that's the case, it's a roaring success!

Posted by WeeDram at September 26, 2006 06:42 AM

That's really quite something...had to read the description to realize it wasn't just a really good scale model. Would love to get my hands on one of those lenses for a day ;-)

Posted by Nate at September 27, 2006 12:20 AM

the city does not look real. it is as if you took a photo of a handmade mini city

Posted by joanne at September 27, 2006 04:37 PM

Sam, does this technique allow for any post-processing?
The sharp parts are awsome and the effect of miniaturization with the TS lens must make it hard to put down.

Dick

Posted by Dick Glaser at March 31, 2007 11:28 PM
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