Tilt Shift Photography
So so cool! The method of photography is called Tilt Shift, see Wiki for more information.
They look like little Thomas The Tank Engine characters, makes me want to just pick them up and let them sit in my hand!
This video was taken at the recent Sydney Mardi Gras in March 2009 from the Court House Hotel, its a perfect vantage point for the event and strangely enough, it's the EXACT window I watched the same event from in 2008.