Extraordinary photos of Obama inauguration at Robb Montgomery

Some of the best photos I have seen from the Obama Inauguration week have been taken by amateurs. The New York Times is inviting ordinary shutterbugs to post up documentary images from D.C. They even link to this amazing gallery from their home page.

You can add in your best photos from Obama’s big week by e-mailing them to a

Berlin - in my minds Eye.

Looking for a way to make extraordinary photographs or still frames for video animations? Take a look at the photo at the top of this post.

It is a tilt shift focus image that uses a Web software tool to make any photo look like it was photographed with a professional 4×5 view camera. I just used a lo-res image (600 pixel) and notice how nice it turned out. P.S. I used this Web site to make it. tiltshiftmaker.com/

Here is what my BEFORE image looks like

Before image of river Spree

I bet if I did this with a black and white version of the scene it could almost pass for a vintage image.
I bet I could make a powerful animated title sequence using a series of frames made with this technique.

Let me know if you post some of your Obama photos. I wish I was there with my cameras!