Instead of buying an outrageous lens I have been experimenting with recreating a tilt-shift photograph in Adobe Lightroom. Very fun and cool!

Tilt–shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital post-processing; the name may derive from the tilt–shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically. -Wikipedia