The effect of perspective PDF Print E-mail

Perspective is controlled by the position of the viewer in relation to the subject.

The most significance difference in perspective is seen with the change in distance from the subject but you can also change perspective by keeping the same distance but changing the angle you view things at.

Apparent decrease in size with distance

Looking down the road or up to the top of a building things that are farther away appear smaller. We know by experience that they are the same size but our eyes see them as different in size.

 
Linear perspective

Effect of distance on perspective

The closer you get the more distortion "exaggerated perspective" however when you move farther away you also get perspective changes with foreshortening or "compression" of perspective.

Illustration showing changes in perspective with distance

Diagram of effects of change in perspective

Perspective effects can also be seen in the use of close-ups or portraits

Photography with 1000mm lens in hide at S'albufera Mallorca

 

 

 

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