Tilt shift

I recently discovered tilt-shift photography - wicked!! Funny thing is, the post-processed fakes are more appealing to me than the pictures taken with an actual tilt-shift lens. The latter is simply a really expensive lens that lets you control the perspective, create neat DOF effects, correct distortions, etc. The former, however, is an art and a skill. An image is processed in a photo editor and given the illusion that it is a miniature model. The secret is in getting just the right degree of Gaussian blur and oversaturation, to give the plastic toy look and make subjects look like figurines. Example: Before | After

Here's a bunch of great examples of fake miniatures. Some of them are crazy good.

Mind-blowingly cool. I'll have to play around with Photoshop this weekend...

EDIT:
It was easier than it seemed - check out my first experiment! (Original pic is from our HK trip this summer)


Original


Tilt-shift fake