Tilt-shift Miniature Fakes - from Flickr

(This blog is a response to Gary's Investigative Exercise 3 Photo sharing and Flickr )

I love these amazing Tilt-shift Miniature Fakes photos from flickr!

Miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is made to look like a photograph of a miniature scale model. Blurring parts of the photo simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered in close-up photography, making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is; the blurring can be done either optically when the photograph is taken, or by digital postprocessing. Many faked-miniature photographs are taken from a high angle to simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature. (from Wikipedia)

Here is an article of "Tilt Shift Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Fake Miniature Scenes" which talks about how to shot these types of photo and also how to modify an image using photoshop to that effect.