How do I achieve this minature/tilt-shift effect?

Question

I really like this photo and was wondering how I can achieve something similar?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasasteratakis/6044310648/in/photostream

I had a look at some tutorials to do with making things look miniature (tilt shift photography) ...

http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php

but I'm not convinced that this is what is being done to photo?

Thanks

Answer

I'm thinking that this is a case of a stitched shallow DOF panorama -- which is popularly known as the Brenizer Method.

Here's a tutorial on how it's being done:

http://blog.buiphotography.com/2009/07/the-brenizer-method-explained-with-directions/

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