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Optical Illusion Makes Olympic Athletes Look Tiny In Cool Photos

Tony ManfredFeb 18, 2014, 19:44 IST

There has been some tremendous sports photography at the Sochi Olympics.

These tilt-shift photos from the biathlon venues are among the best.

Tilt-shift is a technique that allows the photographer to limit the focus to a specific part of a large scene. It creates the illusion that the photos are of miniature models, not real-world scenes.

They look like dolls:

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