The tilt and shift technique blurs much of the background and foreground of an image, distorting our perception of size
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Blurred backgrounds in photographs can make objects appear smaller than they actually are – and experiments have given us new clues as to what makes this illusion so effective.
Photographers use a technique called tilt-shift miniaturization to make large objects and landscapes look like toy sets. This relies on the fact that our eyes cannot focus on near and distant objects at the same time, so when we focus…