Recently, I've become interested in the tilt-shift technique, where everything is made to look as if it is in miniature form. So, I decided to give it a go of my own, using Photoshop CS2. Below is one image to start with. IDK who took the original photo, but it was found via Google.
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When done right, it's a pretty amazing effect. It's all the more stunning in video, I find, as you get the scale model look, but with all the comings and goings of real life. :cool:
Thanks, all... glad you like it! IRML is right, you can do it all in post via Photoshop, using a reflected gradient and lens blur. After that, all you do is adjust the contrast and saturation. There are tilt-shift lenses for both digital and analog cameras, but they are very expensive, so Photoshop is an easy and cheap way to do it without one of those lenses.
http://tiltshiftmaker.com/
Here's one I just did in a few seconds flat.
times-square-by-australian-photo-tiltshift.jpg
Quality of the bokeh is horrible - there's lots of settings you can play with on the site if you spend more time.
Thanks for the info.