It's a ham-fisted tilt-shift
You blur all but a tiny strip in the middle, and it looks like it's a model village.
Alternatively, take a load of photos in a model village
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG,
Thu 28 Apr 2011, 12:40,
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It kind of works.
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Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels,
Thu 28 Apr 2011, 12:55,
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