While attempting to create some “little planets” shots via this tutorial, having neglected to read this guide to actually taking the pictures and ending up with some horribly distorted pictures, I at least got a pretty good rooftop panorama out of it.
Photo Experiments
Tilt-shift is a technique that uses selective focus to simulate macro-photography of miniature scenes, either through use of a specialized lens such as the Lensbaby, or by “faking” it with Photoshop (here is a tutorial).