TiltShift Generator

I've always been intrigued on the novelty of using a tilt-shift lens to create a miniature-look for a photograph. That would not be the sole reason for me to try to justify purchasing an expensive tilt-shift lens such as the Nikon PC-E 24mm. I'd like to add this lens to my collection because of its ability to control depth-of-field for landscape images without being constrained to using small apertures. I'd also like to explore a technique from Darwin Wiggett where he uses shift to then stack two images together to create larger images for expansive panoramics by stacking two images horizontally or by creating a square-like crop with two images stacked vertically. Check out this his blog and this page for more information about this technique.

In the mean time, I found this nifty little application from Art & Mobile that allows you to take any image and put the miniature-look on it. Find it here.

I used the Adobe AIR version of their application. Here are the before and after images:

before

after

I'm seriously lacking any more images right now to play around with this fun little tool I'll have to get out and keep this in mind when shooting or when I have my camera handy. That is, until I get the real tilt-shift lens and then I get serious, lol.