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<blockquote data-quote="Stoshowicz" data-source="post: 541932" data-attributes="member: 31397"><p>Look at these other examples all instructing on perspective ... </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Picturecorrect.com Perspective in photography can be defined as the sense of depth or spatial relationships between objects in the photo, along with their dimensions with respect to the viewpoint (camera lens or the viewer).</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Photinf.com</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Let's have a look at a relatively wide focal lenght first: 28mm. The following image samples show 4 trees with an equal distance between neighbour trees. At the wide setting it seems that this distance actually increases dramatically towards the foreground (exponential behaviour of the distance). It other words: the tree to the left seems to be totally seperated from the rest of the gang. The background seems to be far in the distance. </span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Wikipedia</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal focal length,</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Photographytuts.com</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">A wide angle lens will increase the perception of depth by singling out objects and therefore giving the impression of bringing them to the fore of the image. A telephoto lens that is zoomed in will do the opposite, and will compress the perspective, reducing the perception of depth by flattening out the objects within the image. So choose sensibly according to the type of work that you are undertaking.</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p>Clearly this term and its mechanism is not being used consistently. But the general idea is that focal length is the aspect associated with perspective even though depth is at play. Like I said , I agree with the point Wayne is making, I just dont think the photographic community overall is taking the same vantage-point relative to the triumvirate nature of the phenomenon. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">perhaps ..Almost everyone is wrong or misleading , in describing the way perspective works <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I think its commendable that you are willing to stand alone against the tide , in dissociating focal length from perspective. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stoshowicz, post: 541932, member: 31397"] Look at these other examples all instructing on perspective ... [COLOR=#008000]Picturecorrect.com Perspective in photography can be defined as the sense of depth or spatial relationships between objects in the photo, along with their dimensions with respect to the viewpoint (camera lens or the viewer).[/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000]Photinf.com[/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000]Let's have a look at a relatively wide focal lenght first: 28mm. The following image samples show 4 trees with an equal distance between neighbour trees. At the wide setting it seems that this distance actually increases dramatically towards the foreground (exponential behaviour of the distance). It other words: the tree to the left seems to be totally seperated from the rest of the gang. The background seems to be far in the distance. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000]Wikipedia[/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000]In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal focal length,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000]Photographytuts.com[/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000]A wide angle lens will increase the perception of depth by singling out objects and therefore giving the impression of bringing them to the fore of the image. A telephoto lens that is zoomed in will do the opposite, and will compress the perspective, reducing the perception of depth by flattening out the objects within the image. So choose sensibly according to the type of work that you are undertaking. [/COLOR] Clearly this term and its mechanism is not being used consistently. But the general idea is that focal length is the aspect associated with perspective even though depth is at play. Like I said , I agree with the point Wayne is making, I just dont think the photographic community overall is taking the same vantage-point relative to the triumvirate nature of the phenomenon. :) [SIZE=1]perhaps ..Almost everyone is wrong or misleading , in describing the way perspective works :) I think its commendable that you are willing to stand alone against the tide , in dissociating focal length from perspective. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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