I recently came across this effect whist stumbling. It’s very simple to set up and I love the results. It uses the lens blur filter found with Photoshop CS. Here’s how it’s done:

• Press Q to go into quick mask mode
• Select gradient with a ‘reflected gradient’ style and draw a vertical line from the center of the photo.
• Press Q again to return to the normal mode.
• go to filters > blur > lens blur.
• Play about to get the perfect picture and enjoy!
• You can also adjust the saturation to make it a bit more colourful.

So here is The University Of York - toy town style:

See the rest of the pictures by reading the full post.

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