http://educate-yourself.org/cn/closerclosercloser01feb07.shtml
February 1, 2007

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Reader Comment

Subject: RE: Closer...Closer...Closer
From: Joel
Date: Mon, February 19, 2007
To: Editor

Hey Ken,

I've read many things at your website for quite a while now. I found this especially interesting:

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/closerclosercloser01feb07.shtml

While looking very close, the pilot is not actually flying that close to the back of the cargo plane. How do I know? The first shot is taken closer to the cargo door with a wider angle lense. Then in following shots, the photographer steps backwards (towards the nose of the cargo plane) all the while taking each shot with a longer lens--or more telephoto. How do I know this? In the last shot, the elements of the image are compressed--the nose cone looks very 'flat' and not very elongated. The photographer is also framing a smaller area between the legs of the two videographers! You can also see in the last shot a tie-down ring at the edge of the cargo door which was not visible in the first shot, indicating now that the photographer is also shooting from a higher angle down to where the plane is, which is slightly below the cargo plane. While it is a good optical illusion, many people
don't notice these aspects.

Cheers!

~ JoelS

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