Tilt shift miniaturisation: Why a blurred background makes objects in photos look tiny

Blurry backgrounds in images could make objects appear smaller than they really are – and experiments have given us new clues about what makes this phantasm so efficient.

Photographers use a way known as tilt shift miniaturisation to make giant objects and landscapes seem like toy units. This depends on the truth that our eyes can’t concentrate on close-up and distant objects on the similar time, so once we focus …