Alex Wild posted a few days ago about the “freelensing” photography technique. You can get some really cool results, especially with creating the illusion of miniatures – but so far I haven’t been brave enough to give it a shot (no pun intended). I came across this impressive compilation of Haitian images on NPR today that is both tilt-shifted and stop-motion!
Very cool stuff, I’ll have to give it a try with my 50mm. Canon (as well as Nikon I’m sure) make some lenses designed for tilt shift. They are ridiculously expensive, however.