Unique sports photo essay

wxwax

Here's a short (3 minute) photo essay, with commentary, by a New York Times contract photographer who used aerials and also a tilt-shift lens to capture surreal images of sporting events.

At first I thought the tilt-shift shots were Photoshopped. But he eventually discusses his technique a little bit.

Very interesting visuals, well worth a minute of your time.

You can make the thing full screen by clicking on the square at the end of the time line.

slapshot

very cool, thanks for posting

Andy

NY Times "Play" Magazing today
Linky.

Click for the little slideshow. Great photos, amazing use of really thin DOF

The mag in print is way cool. The shot of Maria Sharapova winning the US Open is quite good.

HoofClix

Andy, is Laforet using this so-called tSE lens that you and everyone have been talking about?

Andy

Andy wrote:

Linky.

Click for the little slideshow. Great photos, amazing use of really thin DOF

The mag in print is way cool. The shot of Maria Sharapova winning the US Open is quite good.

Good job, waxy - I should have looked before I posted. Merged my thread.

DavidTO

Interesting. Reminds me of the fake miniature look with the short DOF, only he's shooting it in camera, not faking it in post.

I love the unique perspective.

saurora

Really cool...and very surreal.

wxwax

DavidTO wrote:

Interesting. Reminds me of the fake miniature look with the short DOF, only he's shooting it in camera, not faking it in post.

Yeah, that's right, I'd forgotten about that.

HarveyMushman

Neat. Some of them almost look like claymation stills.

Nikolai

Great thread!
Thanks Sid, Andy and David!
Darn you! You've started to make me long for TS again