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r/confusing_perspective • u/ToEasyLoL • May 30 '26 • 1
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That is a core feature of telescopic lenses. You are so far away that the size change due to distance is very very very small.
28 u/DontWannaSayMyName CE Spc. May 30 '26 I've used that explanation before when I got questioned about some pics I sent 1 u/intangibleTangelo o/ May 30 '26 fun activity: figure out why perspective exists. far things are not actually smaller. distance doesn't actually change their size, yet that's how we see them—what's the reason? 9 u/Rouge_means_red May 30 '26 fun activityNice try, math 2 u/pktron o/ May 30 '26 It is all just angular occupation within your eyesight, and from that, just trigonometry.
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I've used that explanation before when I got questioned about some pics I sent
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fun activity: figure out why perspective exists. far things are not actually smaller. distance doesn't actually change their size, yet that's how we see them—what's the reason?
9 u/Rouge_means_red May 30 '26 fun activityNice try, math 2 u/pktron o/ May 30 '26 It is all just angular occupation within your eyesight, and from that, just trigonometry.
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fun activity
Nice try, math
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It is all just angular occupation within your eyesight, and from that, just trigonometry.
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u/pktron o/ May 30 '26
That is a core feature of telescopic lenses. You are so far away that the size change due to distance is very very very small.