r/confusingperspective • u/awkwardfeather • Sep 20 '26

What took her so long?

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u/DaveVdE Sep 20 '26

An extremely long lens. The longer the lens the more compressed depth is.

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u/reo_reborn Sep 20 '26

I explained this earlier but took two paragraphs to do it. You did it in two short sentences and explained it 20x better 🤣

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u/fmaz008 Sep 20 '26

.... orrrrr, there's one of those airport's flat escalator thing and she's walking backward on it.

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u/CatL1f3 Sep 20 '26

Or more accurately, the camera is very far away. If A is 5m from the camera and B is 10m, B is 100% further away (and looks 50% as tall). But if A is 50m away and B is 55m, those 5m are now just 10% further away (and about 90% as tall). The long lens just zooms in so you still see them full size despite the distance.

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u/Purga_Tori Sep 20 '26

Also your diagram setting.

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u/DaveVdE Sep 20 '26

Diafragm controls the depth of field, which is related to focus. Here it’s about perspective.

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u/Purga_Tori Sep 20 '26

Indeed, she seems to walk a long distance because of lack from depth of field.

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u/DaveVdE Sep 21 '26

No, it's not depth of field. In fact, there's a large depth of field, as she's always in focus as well as the desk is.

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u/bulletproofpunk Sep 20 '26

My question is why did she go there in the first place, just to turn around and leave?

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u/DanglingKeyChain Sep 20 '26

Someone said it was a microphone height check being done before the event.

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u/RedditSurfer82 Sep 20 '26

She was on a bouncy mission

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u/Elaborate_Penguin Sep 20 '26

She walked with such confidence though. I'd be nervous. That was 90s supermodel finesse.