Tilt-shift miniature faking
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Tilt-Shift Miniature Faking is a process in which a photograph of a real location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a photograph of a scale-model miniature. By distorting the focus of the photo, the artist fools the eye into believing that the distances in the photograph are much smaller than they really are.
[edit] Techniques
The effect can be achieved organically by using a tilt-shift lens. It can be achieved digitally by blurring the top and bottom of the photograph so that only the subject is in focus.
[edit] Trivia
Photographs taken with the technique have been used in a set of bumps on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim nighttime lineup.