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Creating tiny worlds: Shooting technique

Creating tiny worlds: Shooting technique

From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Creating tiny worlds: Shooting technique

The spot I'm standing right now was, just a couple of years ago, deep underwater. I am standing in what was formerly Lake Altus Lugert. There was a shot I wanted here, so the lynda.com corps of engineers drained the lake for me. And when they did that, they revealed this weird reef of tires. These tires were put here on purpose to create fish habitat. And as the water receded, these tires were revealed as was Greg, who's been standing on the tires the whole time, actually that part's a lie. we put Greg there to create this shot. Now, there are a lot of different ways that I could shoot this image. But I want to show you a particularly weird one, a kind of fun effect that you can use anytime you've got a broad vista that you want to shoot. Take a look at this. I have warped this image in a particular way to create this tiny little planet with Greg poking up off the top of it. This is a, a fun thing to do any time you've got flat terrain with some tall objects on it. So I'm going to…

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