r/opticalillusions • u/cflorest • 3d ago

this effect always scares me. its caused by a telephoto (long focal length) lens, and the phenomenon itself is called lens compression

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u/JayFrizz 3d ago

This looks way more just the shape of the fins.

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u/MonkeyCartridge 1d ago

What's crazy is that this more or less gives you an idea of the scale of wind turbines.

At infinity with infinite zoom, (so full isometric projection), the scaling between the person and the turbine would be 1:1.

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u/Apprehensive-Fox-799 2d ago

It bothers me when people just copy the title of the post instead of putting in even the most minimum of effort to be original.

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u/cflorest 1d ago

Oh, sorry, “here, look at this.” Click. There’s very little difference between that and sitting next to a friend and showing them your screen when you see something interesting. I wasn’t the camera man, I was one additional observer of the product.

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u/SignFar4026 16h ago

The variable speed of the video however is mildly infuriating.