Amazing Shrinking Machine

I found about this method of photography called tilt-shift photography where you take pictures of ordinary things, but they turn out looking so cute and mini. I also found out how to apply this technique myself to photos after they've already been taken.

Aah heck. It's easier to just show you. 1000 words and whatnot.

Here's the original I took at the marina in K-Bay Hawaii:


Here's the doctored picture I made from it to try to make it look tiny:


Here's a guy who did it with time lapse photography and got a neat result:

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.