Tilt-Shift Photography

    About a year and a half ago I first read about the tilt-shift style of photography. Tilt-shift is the name of the effect which you can apply through the use of a crazy-expensive lens, or by using Photoshop. I originally tried my hand at this last summer to mixed results. It was good fun though so I decided to give it another go. The basic idea is that the tilt-shift creates an illusion that makes the subject of your photo look like it's a miniature or toy model. So if you have a three-quarters-overhead view of a city scene and apply this effect it'll end up looking like you've taken a picture of a model train town. Some situations lend themselves to tilt-shifting better than others. Below are some of the pictures I've tilt-shifted.

Martinstor in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

IHOP on the Las Vegas Strip

The Ruins of Henneburg near Dorfprozelten, Germany

Downtown Cleveland, Ohio

The Zeil in Frankfurt am Main

Sparkasse and Duetsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany

Central Reykjavik, Iceland