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Questions tagged [perspective]

The spatial relationship between the camera and various objects within the field of view of a scene.

Perspective is the spatial relationship between a camera and the things the camera is photographing. If two objects of the same size are in the scene and one is much closer to the camera than the other the closer object will appear to be much larger than the further object. If the two objects remain the same distance from each other but the camera distance is increased from both then the apparent size difference of the two objects will decrease.

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Is it fundamentally possible to capture an orthographic image of the real world?

Question: Is it fundamentally possible to capture an orthographic image of the real world? Detail: I recently asked a question involving a stealth suit on Physics SE, and realized that "retro-reflective-panels" or panels that "reflect" their…
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Is there a camera device out there that can make a semi- orthographic scan of a large room?

How can I capture a photo similar to the example in a tight space? I've research lightly for a solution to make a picture/scan of an entire wall of a room in a semi- orthographic fashion. I imagine it would work similar to the scanning wand in a…
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How was the very two-dimensional perspective effect done in this National Geographic lake photo?

I saw this photograph by Ben Leshchinsky: Source I understand that the photograph was taken from a high vantage point, but the rock face seems to be like a wall. What is disorienting is that it seems the background is "folded" over. I have seen…
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How to get straight vertical lines when photographing from above?

How do one get straight, vertical lines when photographing furniture or objects on a table from an elevated viewpoint? I want to have the walls and the furniture in the background straight, but at the same time "look down" on my objects so I see…
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How do I characterize perspective distortion?

I am working on a Computer Vision problem (https://www.kaggle.com/c/tensorflow-great-barrier-reef) in which we're given pictures of coral reefs and asked to locate a certain kind of starfish that preys on coral. The pictures are taken from a camera…
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How to take a picture of my painting and have it square, when picture is square, rectangle when picture is rectangle?

I have been trying to make pictures of my art for a year and a half. I have tried 3 different cameras{cheap ones under $200.} but everyone in camera is nor square or rectangle when I need them to be. I have read answers to my problem, But I am not…
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