Last night I stumbled upon a cool technique called ‘camera mapping’ which lets you ’step inside’ a photograph without too much effort. I couldn’t resist having a go so after a brief search on flickr, a static photo is transformed into a video. Not very convincing perhaps but it was no more than an hour’s work beginning to end :)
Update: I made a slightly better version which uses a better model for the midground mountain, is in HD and adds a little specular to the water to make it look a little more ‘alive’.