While the 'tilt-shift' technique is used way too often, but this video by Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli is a perfect example of how awesome it can be.
Culture Buzz Josh Rushing's series of aerial, tilt-shift photos showing Baghdad's post-war progress are really something to see.
Culture Buzz Tilt-Shift photography (which has had a long and happy life on the Internet) uses a special lens to create a shallow depth of field. What's so damn cool about it is that it makes everything looks like a miniature, toy version of itself. Here are a few particularly striking examples of the form.