How Cool is Tilt and Shift?

Those photos that look like they're of a model village (but really they're not) absolutely blow me away. I could stare at them for hours (sigh).

I did a bit of googling on how the look is achieved. It's called the "Tilt and Shift" effect. I use both Photoshop Elements and Lightroom and after a LOT of hits and misses, I found the perfect instructions! You can find them here. The way it's done in Lightroom is SO easy.

Here is a photo I took in Venice last year...

...and with a little bit of Lightroom magic...

Not bad for a first go :)