Visual Perspective in Photography

These two sets of photographs show that subject to camera distance, not lens focal length, determines visual perspective in a photograph. The subject of the first set is the head and shoulders portrait. Geometrical architecture is the subject of the second.
An 8-foot subject-to-camera distance usually provides the most complimentary look for the subject in head and shoulders portraits; too close and the nose seems too big, to far and the head looks fat. I honestly can't tell much difference in these examples. I may re-do the set using someone else as the subject. Framing and focusing is a little tedious in self-portraits.

18 Feet	8 Feet	2.5 Feet
50MM LENS at 18 Feet Full Frame	50MM LENS at 18 Feet Cropped and Enlarged	150MM LENS at 18 Feet (Zoom Telephoto)
50MM LENS at 8 Feet Full Frame	50MM LENS at 8 Feet Cropped and Enlarged	80MM LENS at 8 Feet (Zoom Telephoto)
50MM LENS at 2.5 Feet Full Frame	50MM LENS at 2.5 Feet Reduced in size. - -	28MM LENS at 2.5 Feet -

ARCHITECTUAL PHOTOS
Distant, Medium, and Close Views

Distant	Medium	Close
Distant with 55mm Lens Full Frame	Distant with 55mm Lens Cropped	Distant with 200mm Lens (Zoom Telephoto)
Medium with 55mm Lens Full Frame	Medium with 55mm Lens Cropped	Medium with 80mm Lens (Zoom Telephoto)
Close with 55mm Lens Full Frame	Close with 55mm Lens Reduced to match	Close with 28mm Lens Full Frame

Scene photographed using a 28mm lens. Cropped to form a panoramic view.


Same scene from same distance using 55mm lens. Two digital images were digitally stitched to make one panoramic image almost identical to the one made with the 28mm lens. A little vertical distortion is evident in the 28mm image and, of course, the 'stitch' line is visible between the 55mm images. A little more care in matching the light intensity of the images would have made the stitch less obvious.

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3/30/03