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The forced perspective technique manipulates our human perception with the use of optical illusions to make objects appear larger, smaller, farther, or closer than they actually are. I once screamed like a little girl at a scary movie in a packed theater, only to find out later that the gigantic monster on the screen was only a little model. The movie makers had used forced perspective to turn a plastic toy into something frightening to the audience. The use of digital effects today still incorporates this popular way of portraying scenes or objects.
Little Push by Chaval Brasil
Photography also uses forced perspective a lot as well to give a certain feel to an image. That’s why I was surprised to only find a few thousand results when searching for ‘forced perspective’ on Flickr. Here are 15 (updated: we now have 17) selected examples of this technique, which includes images that show how much fun you can have with it.
For more examples, check out the forced perspective group on Flickr.
Maina by -Thanh
Waterfall Trap by stuant63
Johan is incredibly tall by mrlerone
Perspective by twiga269
By Alex Schwab
By William Chew
By Christiaan Triebert
By Kenzie Saunders
By bark
By mackee_lee
By Steven Guzzardi
By Ace Armstrong
By Jordan Oram
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Hey, if you guys want some cool uses of forced perception, look here:
http://www.instantshift.com/2010/08/24/88-brilliant-examples-of-forced-perspective-photography/
It has some really good examples (given to me by a art teacher!). There's lots of examples, 88 I think!
Interesting concept and photos. haven't read the tutorials or guides yet, but from a personal observation, I would suggest avoiding the full body of a person in the photo when attempting to get this type of shot. The full body in the photo loses some of the force of the perspective. The photo of the little girl jumping near the Eiffel Tower is an example. Also the people in the photo of the balloon being "pushed" by the giant hand detracts from the idea somewhat. Also, one person mentioned using the smallest aperture possible to gain the maximum DOF which is a must to avoid portions of the picture being blurred, I would want as much as possible to be in focus.
The one labeled "Out for a stroll" can be done with several departments all working together with Disney's Imagineering. It is a painted back drop on the San Francisco side street (off the main NYC street which does the same thing with cut outs of famous NYC buildings) at the Hollywood Studios Theme Park. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken the same photo there.
thanks for another interesting article - now i can put a name to what i've done a few times. when i went to mt rushmore in 09 i made my brother one of the presidents with a little lining up.
i love these shots. the especially work well for touristy type shots
"Tyre Tracks" and "Encroaching Evil" are my favourites. - Wow! They are just awesome!
Great technique example, Some of those pics are really amazing.wonderful and inspiring tips…
Even used in advertising. If you head to Picadilly Circus in London, the huge electronic billboards on one side of the area shown by McDonalds have some items like pidgeons and clouds. The billboard instructs you to get a friend to stand with the billboard behind them, ie have it look like the image of the pidgeon is on their head, then shoot a shot of them!
Some of those pics are really amazing. They could put photoshop to shame.
This is definitely a technique I'll have to try out sometime.
Okay...I love different perspectives. I think they are something a lot of people forget abou in photography. That being said, I HATE the photos with people holding the Washington Monument, Touching the top of a building, etc. That might just be me being a snob, but just my opinion. :)
Kind of a common tourist trick, but the photos included in the article are cool and I've never tried this.
Maybe this works, in terms of perspective?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lendog64/5839229745/
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas city has these larger than life Shuttlecocks on the lawn, thsi first picture is of my holding one of them which would appear normal.
I have positioned myself so the feathers from the shuttlecock appear on the head of The Thinker, trying to give him an Indian Headdress.
Awesome thread. And also the books mentioned are of great help !! I have learned a lot from you Darren Thanks Again !!!
Out for a stroll, Disney Studios in Orlando?
One thing that seems to help is extending the field-of-view by merging photos with different focal points in post-processing.
Visual-effects artists have used foreced perspecive for decades in movies. David Stipes, who is now an instructor at the rt Institute of Phoenix in Arizona, posted an excellent account of Phil Kellison's forced-perspective technique, including diagrams and explanations of "Kellison Sticks" for easily setting up such shots.
http://davidstipes.com/blog/?p=453
some i didn't get. but cool
For all asking info on how to do it, for the most dramatic impact, you need an ultra wide lens (16mm to about 24mm on full frame or 10mm to about 14mm on a 1.6 crop camera).
Then you get close to what you want exaggerated and set the smallest acceptable aperture for greater DOF and you're all set.
I love them, they are very clever.
The photos submitted on various subjects are impressive but it would be extemely helpful to a rookie like me if info pertaining to type of lense or exposure used was also submitted.
Very, very cool! I can definitely see myself playing with this!
The "Out for a Stroll by Kevin Eddy" is actually false perspective via Walt Disney World's "Hollywood Studios" backlot area. See http://www.mpimages.net/wdw1/compressed/Parks/MGM_Studios/general/san_francisco_flat1-goldhaber.jpg
Everything past the barricades is a mural. It's pretty neat to see from a distance.
Here's one of mine:
http://mooreclick.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/eco-friendly/
As far as how to do them... for this one, at least, I just set the aperture at 16 or so, to have plenty of DOF. I ran into trouble with this photo (fourth one down):
http://mooreclick.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/dc-day-three/
because I had just gotten the camera, and was basically shooting on Auto for the trip. You can see where having too shallow a DOF makes it obvious what you're up to.
wonderful and inspiring tips...
lovely perspective idea
How does one go about shooting these images? A tutorial would be helpful.
sorry for the double comment, here are some more:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sagsag/2105712695/
The Salar de Uyuni is a big flat salt pan and is popular for "forced perspective" photos, even though they're not tagged as such. Link: Flickr photo
Some nice examples, thank you Nate. The third link you gave - thanks! - was most helpful for me for figuring out how to achieve those funny, size distortion shots with interactions between foreground and background. Plus some additional helpful examples.
http://experimentalphoto.com/2009/01/01/forced-perspective-technique-1/
Yes, this surely something that never crosses my mind, maybe I should have a go at it sometime.
I came across this photo today: certainly an interesting perspective! http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2009/jul/03/1?picture=349760354
thanks nate for the links
thanks for the examples, but how do you DO them?
these pics are took by easy way these are already done in film roll period have any advanced composition.
It was good to see and enjoyed the pic,but please also let me know the tech.
Regards
Devendra
My friends took these examples on salt flats in South America
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bundyandlaura/3564800348/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bundyandlaura/3563988361/
For those looking for tutorials or more information about forced perspective. Here are a few links.
http://www.ehow.com/video_4973371_what-forced-perspective.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective
http://experimentalphoto.com/2009/01/01/forced-perspective-technique-1/
There really isn't much out there. Maybe a good tutorial will have to be put in the works... :)
Great Stuff. You could make a whole photo project out of Forced Perspectives
Very nice pictures, but...............Nothing here on how to do it.......
Some Great Technical Examples of Perspectives. Thanks for Sharing.
Is there a tutorial for this technique that I'm missing?
Awesome ..... very interesting
Im new with this and I think this is very interesting
nice catch!.. thank you for sharing your photos! ..another great idea about perspective!
This post is interesting and helps more. Thanks. !!
Forced perspective can be used to increase or decrease the perceived depth of architecture, which is what you are seeing in those.
Am I totally misunderstanding the term, or are some of these just... you know, wide angle photographs? Like the church, the staircase of water, the long hallways. There's nothing forced perspective about those.
Something I will have to do! thanks! I always forget to force perspectives!!!
have a look at mine
http://picasaweb.google.fr/lavideosousmarine/Voyages#5102019825089247090
This article forgot to mention techniques or tutorials for shooting Forced Perspective photos. Any tips for a newbie like me? ;-)
:::ron
Thank you for this great overview of my group! ;-)
cool photos . I'm very new in photography but i agree that forced perspectives (I didn't even know the proper term before this article) make photos look cool and even more interesting. thanks for your post!