The tilt shift effect is named after specialist tilt shift lenses that are designed to allow their users to move the front element of the lens independently of the rest of the lens. Architectural photographers can use these lenses to reduce the visual effect of vertical lines of buildings converging as they get higher. However, because these lenses only focus sharply on a narrow band of the scene, they have also been used to create pictures that look like photos of toy scenes.
As I've said, this is an easy effect to recreate, so if you've got a free copy of GIMP on your computer, click on to the next page and we'll get started.
