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Vanishing Points of Photography

By Ariela Ross posted in Design Photography on 17-10-2009

Vanishing Points of Photography

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. Perspective distortion can typically be seen in images shot using a wide angle of view, where an object close to the lens appears abnormally large relative to more distant objects, or in distant shots with a narrow angle of view, where the viewer cannot discern relative distances between distant objects and more distant objects may look exceptionally large, when such images are viewed with a typical viewing angle.

ballys walkway
Brad McDermott

escalator
Gilderic

vignette train station
Keef

dark shadow vanishing point
Desire to Fire

moving walkway
Gianni Dominci

dark end tunnel
Elkabong

Above_and_beyond_by_oriontrail
Oriontrail

foggy bridge
Navdog

vanishing point
Feva

construction terminal
Coun2rparts

night dark pier
MZI Tech

cones subway bart sfo
Yours Truly

road perspective
HM Art

summer field
Joisey Showaa

park path
B. Rain

salt flats utah
Scot

vanishing pier
Ravages

secret passageway treasure
Stuck in Customs



  • Stuck in Custom's photo looks like something out of a Tomb Raider movie! Great roundup.
  • I get stuck staring at all of these for a few minutes, each. It's interesting how every-day locations/situations can make for such an interesting photograph, when taken from the right perspective.
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