As seen in my recent photograph of the Baltimore Beacon, I've become quite interested in using the so-called 'tilt-shift effect' to change the viewer's perception of an image.

In that image, I used an actual tilt-shift lens to create the effect. In this image of Inishtearaght I've used selective blurring in Photoshop to achieve something similar. The idea is to make a real object appear to be a tiny model with only a narrow band in focus.

To do it right is quite difficult, especially with such a three-dimensional image as this. There are still some things I would refine, but I thought it might be an interesting image to share.