This month's Portfolio magazine featured a set of "Tilt Shift" photos from photographer Vincent Laforet. "Tilt Shift" is a style of photography where you find a focus (usually from up above) and then blur all around that focus. This makes the final image appear to look like a railroad model layout. This can be done with a special lens, or you can fake it with PhotoShop. I've yet to perfect this, luckily others have.
Portfolio show (11 photos, view full screen): http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/03/Commuting
Tilt Shift fakes slideshow on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/pool/show/
My faked tilt shift (from an airplane window over NW D.C. in February):
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