Amy Antonio, Taiwan, 2009
There's a style of photography which uses a lens to cause "tilt-shift", the creating of miniature still photography from actual landscapes by simulating shallow depth of field. What's created is a selective focused affect to images much like using the macro-lens feature at Miniature World in Victoria, Canada. It's easy to assume that the scene is set up and entirely fake, except the detail is too great.
Amy Antonio, Indonesia, 2009
Well, leave it to technology and the internets to make easy the artistic struggle of real photographers who spend hours tinkering with lenses, lighting, and messing around with the chemicals in a lab. While not as awesome, the nets has made it as simple as uploading a photo onto a site to create almost the same effect. What once was an overly stimulating detailed shot where your eye can't rest now becomes calm. It's fun to play around with, but if you want to see the seriously good tilt shift photos, check out Italian artist, Olivo Barberi.
The same effect can be done with video although more complicated than a simple upload.
Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.