How in the heck do you take a picture like this? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Gatorade Frost · 07-05-2006, 08:23 PM

This is a pretty neat looking piece of computer wall paper and I for the life of me can't figure out how you would take a picture like that.

Any thoughts to help my poor confused mind?

/I know this isn't necessarily my own work, but it's a photography question. Please move it if it's in the wrong place or you know, delete it if you have to.

ngdawg · 07-05-2006, 08:30 PM

Logic would tell me to take a high-res pic after moving the monitor and adjusting the colorization to match the walls exactly from monitor to real wall. wonder if I could try....

Gatorade Frost · 07-05-2006, 08:36 PM

Yeah, after thinking about it for a while I figured you'd have to get a dead-on-middle-of-the-screen picture that's fairly hi-resolution, take the picture, and all you would need to do is center it on the screen so that it matches up with the wall.

Pretty cool looking effect, though.

Willravel · 07-05-2006, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ngdawg

Logic would tell me to take a high-res pic after moving the monitor and adjusting the colorization to match the walls exactly from monitor to real wall. wonder if I could try....

Exactly. Notice in your picture that the right of the screen shows the back of the eMac. I had the same desktop for years at home. Set up a camera and move your comp. You get a few laughs at first, but it eventually becomes just another desktop.

Redlemon · 07-06-2006, 05:53 AM

Check out Transparent Screens - a photoset on Flickr for a bunch more examples. Some of these people are insane.

bobby · 07-06-2006, 06:24 AM

reminds me of an old "I Love Lucy" episode where she breaks the old tv tube and then pretends to be "in" the tv........xoxoxoo

Suave · 07-06-2006, 09:04 AM

If you wanted to cheat, you could take a wide angle hi res shot of that corner, then just crop it down to that area behind the monitor later.

AquaFox · 07-06-2006, 05:33 PM

i did that to my one computer, i just sat down and found my average sitting spot, then i took a picture from there and cropped it to fit the screen... after i did that, i changed spots and made the perspective of the shot match the view from outside the room, soo when people came in, they would beable to get the effect.

Konichiwaneko · 07-06-2006, 09:36 PM

Photoshop

lol probably not, but it's one of the easiest way to answer all questions.

How do i lose weight? : Photoshop

Do you know where my dog is? : Photoshop

Was jesus actually a girl? : Photoshop.

Photoshop answers all.

07-05-2006, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gatorade Frost Rookie	How in the heck do you take a picture like this? This is a pretty neat looking piece of computer wall paper and I for the life of me can't figure out how you would take a picture like that. Any thoughts to help my poor confused mind? /I know this isn't necessarily my own work, but it's a photography question. Please move it if it's in the wrong place or you know, delete it if you have to. __________________ I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well." Emo Philips

07-05-2006, 08:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Logic would tell me to take a high-res pic after moving the monitor and adjusting the colorization to match the walls exactly from monitor to real wall. wonder if I could try.... __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

07-05-2006, 08:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gatorade Frost Rookie	Yeah, after thinking about it for a while I figured you'd have to get a dead-on-middle-of-the-screen picture that's fairly hi-resolution, take the picture, and all you would need to do is center it on the screen so that it matches up with the wall. Pretty cool looking effect, though. __________________ I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well." Emo Philips

07-06-2006, 05:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Check out Transparent Screens - a photoset on Flickr for a bunch more examples. Some of these people are insane. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry. Last edited by Redlemon; 07-06-2006 at 06:29 AM..

07-06-2006, 06:24 AM	#6 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	reminds me of an old "I Love Lucy" episode where she breaks the old tv tube and then pretends to be "in" the tv........xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

07-06-2006, 09:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	If you wanted to cheat, you could take a wide angle hi res shot of that corner, then just crop it down to that area behind the monitor later. __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato

07-06-2006, 05:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
AquaFox WaterDog	i did that to my one computer, i just sat down and found my average sitting spot, then i took a picture from there and cropped it to fit the screen... after i did that, i changed spots and made the perspective of the shot match the view from outside the room, soo when people came in, they would beable to get the effect. __________________ ...AquaFox...

07-06-2006, 09:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
Konichiwaneko The Dreaded Pixel Nazi Location: Inside my camera	Photoshop lol probably not, but it's one of the easiest way to answer all questions. How do i lose weight? : Photoshop Do you know where my dog is? : Photoshop Was jesus actually a girl? : Photoshop. Photoshop answers all. __________________ Hesitate. Pull me in. Breath on breath. Skin on skin. Loving deep. Falling fast. All right here. Let this last. Here with our lips locked tight. Baby the time is right for us... to forget about us.