{"id":379,"date":"2016-03-15T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8881\/?p=379"},"modified":"2025-10-04T01:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:46:56","slug":"perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proportions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perspective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perspective<\/a> has different meanings. In the context of these photography tips we imply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>the relative proportions between the image elements.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These proportions suggest depth in a flat plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A151-14-gedraaid-3-647x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Buildings along street\" class=\"wp-image-1625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A151-14-gedraaid-3-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A151-14-gedraaid-3-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A151-14-gedraaid-3-768x1216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A151-14-gedraaid-3-970x1536.jpg 970w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A151-14-gedraaid-3.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone knows the effect of same height trees along a road appearing to become smaller the further they are away. The road seems to narrow until the sides converge in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanishing_point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vanishing point<\/a> on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A155-22A-verdwijnpunt-1-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Motorcycle with Trees along road\" class=\"wp-image-1627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A155-22A-verdwijnpunt-1-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A155-22A-verdwijnpunt-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A155-22A-verdwijnpunt-1-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A155-22A-verdwijnpunt-1-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A155-22A-verdwijnpunt-1.jpg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Movement changes Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the distance to the subject changes, the perspective also changes. You see this happen every day as soon as you are moving by walking, cycling, driving or any other means of transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-30-1-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Desert plant, dromedaries in landscape\" class=\"wp-image-1628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-30-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-30-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-30-1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-30-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-30-1.jpg 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Few Steps Closer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared to the last photograph the shrub is significantly bigger while the rockformation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dromedary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dromedaries<\/a> in the background stay the same size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-33-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up desert plant, dromedaries in landscape\" class=\"wp-image-1629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-33-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-33-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-33-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-33-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A125-33-1.jpg 1940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zooming Retains Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By zooming you can bring an object closer. The relative proportions between the image elements do <em>not<\/em> change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-34-zoom-rectangle-1-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape with zoom frame\" class=\"wp-image-1630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-34-zoom-rectangle-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-34-zoom-rectangle-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-34-zoom-rectangle-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-34-zoom-rectangle-1-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-34-zoom-rectangle-1.jpg 1945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Difference Zooming &#8211; Moving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The perspective changes if the distance to the subject changes. When using zoom the perspective stays the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-35-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape zoomed in\" class=\"wp-image-1631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-35-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-35-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-35-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-35-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A114-35-1.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wide Angle Lens Exaggerates Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Objects seem furhter apart then they really are. This gives a sense of space. Note the enlarged headlight and the difference in size of the front and rear wheels. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perspective_distortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perspective Distortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A105-10-geen-kenteken-3-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Renault Clio\" class=\"wp-image-1632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A105-10-geen-kenteken-3-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A105-10-geen-kenteken-3-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A105-10-geen-kenteken-3-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A105-10-geen-kenteken-3-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A105-10-geen-kenteken-3.jpg 1945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Telephoto Lens Compresses Perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this crowd people seem to walk closer together then they really were. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perspective_distortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perspective Distortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A152-19-1-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"People in crowd\" class=\"wp-image-1633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A152-19-1-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A152-19-1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A152-19-1-768x1148.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A152-19-1-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A152-19-1-rotated.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wide Angle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another example, this time using different lenses on the same subject. First a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wide-angle_lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wide angle lens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-05-1-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"Motorcycle wide angle lens\" class=\"wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-05-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-05-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-05-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-05-1-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-05-1.jpg 1951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tele<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telephoto_lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telelens<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-07-1-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"Motorcycle tele lens\" class=\"wp-image-1635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-07-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-07-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-07-1-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-07-1-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fotografeer.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/A017-07-1.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perspective: the relative proportions between the image elements. 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