For this tutorial you will need a n image that has been shot from a downward angle such as this landscape of the city of Gdansk that I took on a family trip to Poland.





Step 1) Using the RAW filter, provided that you did shoot the original image in RAW , if not then you can adjust the colours and contrast using the Photoshop Adjustment Layers.

Using the quick mask, select the gradient paint bucket tool and drag a line starting from where you would like to be sharp within the image. Using the quick mask, select the gradient paint bucket tool and drag a line starting from where you would like to be sharp within the image.

Press Q again and exit the Quick mask and this will have created a selection.





Step 3) Open Filter > Bur > Lens Blur... and use the dials on the filter to adjust how much blur you want int the image.





(Optional) Step 4)

Tilt-shift photography comes from the use of a tilt-shift lens, which has a number of uses such as architecture photography where it can fix perspectives. My only experience of using one was a PC-E NIKKOR 24mm F3.5D ED mounted on a Nikon D700 which I borrowed from my college in order to fulfill an assignment. The most commonly known use for a tilt-shift lens is to create a miniature or toy-town effect Unfortunately, tilt-shift lenses can be extremely expensive and therefore out of my budget which currently stands at £0. However there are several cheat methods including a Photoshop filter and a website that can do the same effect.This is a tutorial for an image that I created as part of my HND Photography using a method that creates a tilt-shift effect.I boosted the contrast right up and the saturation for the toy-town effect.Step 2) Press Q and enter the Quick Mask selectionI used the different adjustment layers to boost more of the colour and contrast to give a more surreal look to the image but then a colour cast was created so I used the colour balance to adjust this.And that is how I created the Tilt- Shift Effect.I then added a hand with a paintbrush and some paint drops to create my final image.