Tiny town with a tiny train
The effect works best on a monitor in full screen. Kudos to anyone who recognizes which town this is.
Edit: Wow, thank you for all the upvotes. I was expecting a few people to enjoy it. I didn't quite realize this many people would be willing to take a couple minutes out of their day to watch a video. So, thank you.
To answer a few questions that seem to keep coming up.... No, I did not build a mini replica of Fairport in my basement. I some spare time, but not THAT much. This is drone footage with some editing magic done afterwards (all done using Davinci Resolve which I recommend VERY highly). The effect is called Tilt-shift and has long been used my photographers to make real objects appear as a miniature version of themselves. You can read all about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt%E2%80%93shift_photography If you're into photography or optics, it's an interesting read.
This footage was actually meant to be test footage for when I get out to Fairport in the summer and fall. The tracks were supposed to be in the center of the video, but I misjudged the angle. The train being there was a bit of chance as I wasn't actually expecting one right then. I was going to trash the footage but thought to try and apply a tilt-shift effect and well, as Bob Ross used to say, we had a "happy little accident."