Making a small world

Yesterday, I stumbled across tilt-shift photography, which sent me googling and looking up all sorts of photos that are either real tilt-shifted, using lens, or faking via photoshop.  Some are really quite amazing.

For example:

  

Distracted by all this wonder stuff, I looked through my photos and found a few candidates that would make for good miniaturized photos.  Being humbled in my first attempt and all, I started with the Vatican City:

The color adjustment is easy enough, but I think the main trick is to get the focal point super sharp and at the angle which makes it all look like a miniature model.  Finally all the building photos I took from Europe have new lives.

Here is Vienna:

More will be added to this flickr set as I make them.