Well known in the photo community is kind of an understatement. This has
been common knowledge in photography since the late 1800s and in fact
was explored by artists without special lenses simple mathematical
models of perspective since the early renaissance. George Santayana was
right.
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Yep. I've been saying for ages that aliens examining our culture will
get a very distorted impression of what our faces looked like based on
modern smartphone selfies.
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
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Well, it depends on how the eyes of those aliens are lined up.
The "normal" lens is "normal" for a human. (Just to remind in case someone
here has forgotten: the normal lens provides the perspective close to
that seen by a person.)
So, for an alien with two eyes located closer to each other
I see it differently:
Also people with one eye can see perspective.
Perspective has to do with relative distance to the subject.
At the right distance for a certain perspective, you have to chose a
angle of view for the wanted size of he subject.
Greetz, Jos
On 02-Mar-18 21:52, Igor PDML-StR w
Jos,
You are right, optical parameters of a single eye play a role too.
But because the image we "see" is a result of the brain combining the
image from both eyes (if the binocular vision is working alright), -
both play a role.
The distance makes a difference, but when we are finding a lens
th
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