Forced Perspective examples

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(mostly) good examples of the forced perspective optical technique

 

There’s something you don’t see every day

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Not the usual forced perspective, but I did enjoy it.
(via @The_No_Show)

Not all splendid, but many are quite good

Friday, April 16th, 2010

The article is titled “35 Splendid Examples of Forced Perspective Photography”, but few if any of them are truly splendid. Still, contractually obligated to link to it.

Teller enjoys forced perspective (the technique)

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The thinking person’s favorite magician picks up Notre Dame. Teller’s patribiography also includes an FP photo.

More FP

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Richard Wiseman posted a link to this relatively convincing forced perspective photo.

Hungering for more forced perspective?

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

As you might expect, there’s a Flickr pool.
I mention this in part because Google seems to have decided we’re evil, and I’m hoping to persuade their algorithms otherwise by getting back to our roots.

Don't bother with the comments

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

A video of a forced perspective mechanism devised by Adelbert Ames. Likely to make your head hurt, I found it helpful to focus on the pipe to see that the whole contraption is simply rotating.

Website plug with bonus FP

Friday, April 10th, 2009

The third honorable mention in the Toothpaste for Dinner 2005 T-Shirt Contest is some no-nonsense forced perspective.

It's been a while since we've had any FP here

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

So I guess this will have to do.

I can only hope it's really difficult

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

So many of the Flickr images tagged with forced perspective are so very unconvincing that it makes me want to make better images. Most common problem: insufficient depth of field, leaving things in unmatched focus. Another dead giveaway: uneven lighting.
I suspect the only cameras I have available have inadequate control over aperture to create convincing illusions.

Cars in FP

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Some of these forced perspective photos of cars are good, though very few of them make any attempt to sustain the illusion.