Norwegian design studio Skrekkøgle — the one that printed a photo with a cremated dog — has a creative project called “Big Money” in which they made a giant 20:1 replica of a 50 cent Euro coin. They then placed the coin next to large objects and photographed them together, making the objects look like tiny toy replicas.
Finally, here’s a photo showing how big the coin actually is:
Tilt Shift Photography is one of the most popular photography techniques out there, and it's achieved by using special tilt-shift lens or by digital post-processing (also known as "fake" tilt-shift). Tilt Shift effect in other words means simulating a miniature scene. Is like creating a visual illusion mainly by adjusting camera movement and focus.
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.