Tilt shift from Afghanistan!

I've been lucky enough to communicate lots with my friend who is stationed in Kandahar as an engineer in the Air Force right now. For some reason I kind of expected him to drop off the face of the earth until he comes back in October, but awesomely enough he has been totally present - sending us pictures, responding to emails within hours, and facebooking like a fiend.

His philosophy on taking pictures is that if he takes enough, there will be a few good ones here and there.Maybe I'm way behind the curve on this one, but sometimes he puts a tilt shift effect on his photos that makes everything look like a miniature model. It makes me feel like he's really in the Mr. Rogers Air Force, not, you know, the American one.

The pictures are of downtown Kabul, my friend says. Typical mud, brick, and mortar construction.


So I am now inspired to show you my street, if it were made of toys.


Aaaaaaaaaaaand a tilt shift photo of Falcor highly enjoying his back rub, just for you.