Miniatures – blinded by the flash

Little Dickens

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:00:26 +0000

Port Hope harbour at sunset.

Miniature Intersection

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:01:16 +0000

A Toronto intersection, seen from the top of the CN Tower.

Miniature Mountie

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:01:29 +0000

An officer from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police greets tourists and poses for pictures with them at the base of Toronto’s CN Tower.

Miniature Ikea 2

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +0000

Shoppers load up their cars with their purchases from IKEA in this photo that has been manipulated in Photoshop to achieve a miniature tilt-shift efect.

Miniature Ikea

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +0000

A woman enters the North York IKEA store in this photo, which has been manipulated using Photoshop to achieve a fake miniature tilt-shift effect.

Miniature Loblaws Cafe

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:01:00 +0000

These miniatures usually look their best when the subject is on a 30 to 45 degree downward angle from the camera. However, I think this one, showing a small eating area upstairs at a grocery store, turned out pretty well.

Miniature Splashpad

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:01:10 +0000

A park near Yonge Street and Sixteenth Avenue, in Richmond Hill.

Miniature Yonge and Queen

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:01:31 +0000

The northeast corner of Yonge Street and Queen Street, in downtown Toronto, as seen from the roof of the parking garage at the Eaton Centre.

Miniature Queen’s Quay East

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:01:31 +0000

Queen’s Quay east of Yonge Street is seen in miniature form, thanks to some AdobeÂ® PhotoshopÂ® trickery. This image was also converted to HDR and the saturation boosted to give it the feeling of being made out of plastic.

Miniature Water Taxis

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:01:00 +0000

This was taken a few weeks ago when there was still ice on Lake Ontario. Shot at Harbourfront, at the foot of York Street.

Miniature Toronto Skyline at Night

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:01:00 +0000

This effect is achieved using AdobeÂ® PhotoshopÂ® to narrow the depth of field to the extreme. Your eye tricks your brain into thinking the shallow depth of field equates to a model of the real thing. Original photo.