A Pilot's Blog » Pictures http://www.mrpilot.org A blog about aviation, aviation news, and space. Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:45:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Tilt-Shift Photos http://www.mrpilot.org/2009/01/11/tilt-shift-photos/ http://www.mrpilot.org/2009/01/11/tilt-shift-photos/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:11:59 +0000 MrPilot http://www.mrpilot.org/?p=181 I’m sure by now most of you have seen those fascinating photos modified by the “tilt-shift” method that makes the subject of the photo look miniature. Someone has created a clever online tool to easily modify your own photos with this method: TiltShiftMaker.com.

I tested it out with this picture I took in 2002 at Wendover Air Field in Wendover, NV. The result is here. Pretty slick.

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First Class has nothing on these “seats”.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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You can download the presentation here in .zip format.

If you don’t have Microsoft PowerPoint installed, you can use this free viewer from Microsoft.

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A C-17 Globemaster makes its superior authority known with a high-powered takeoff out of California.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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An absolutely gorgeous shot of a UPS MD-11 taking off from Ted Stevens International Airport in Alaska.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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A screen shot of the “Area 51″ ramp in Flight Simulator X after I turned off the active upon landing at the base in the ‘Janet’ flight mission.

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A somewhat eerie, yet amazing long-exposure picture of a police helicopter circling the night sky.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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I think I could enjoy a nice long transatlantic flight in this seat.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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This is a rare (to my knowledge) view of a 747 cockpit undergoing refurbishment. In this case, this 747 is being modified to serve as an LCF which will transport huge sections of 787 composite fuselages across the globe during their production and assembly.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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Someone painted an airplane on the moon! Oh…wait…

Another great moon shot here.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

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