Photography phenomenon where you take photos of faraway objects and zoom in!?
Is there a name for this concept in photography where if you zoom in on two distant things, it kind of distorts one of the things!?
For example, if I were to take a photograph of the moon with a tree in front of it from up close, it would look somewhat dull!. But if I were to walk backwards for half a mile and take a second photo and zoom in (where in both photos, the image of the tree is the same size), the moon looks extremely large!. See this link for an example image of the second hypothetical photograph!.
Anyways is there a concept of this in photography!? The reason I ask is because I notice on tv it's obvious when a scene is zoomed in on instead of filmed close by because all surrounding objects are the same size (or non-surrounding ojbects are distorted)!.
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It is not a concept but merely an optical phenomenon which compresses the depth in an image!. The standard focal length of a 35mm camera is around 50mm which consequently is about the same field of view as your own eyes!. Anyhow if you extend beyond 50mm you are dealing with telephoto lenses!. The larger the focal length the more your run into this issue of depth compression!. Here is an example of what I mean http://www!.creativepro!.com/article/frame!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Or also can be called 'Photoshop', with the technique as described above, but with digital files instead of negatives!.!.!.
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Using a long telephoto causes "compression"!. But the moon pictures where the moon's relative size is greatly exaggerated are composites!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
That's actually two separate negatives!. One stacked over the other, then re-shot to create a third and separate negative!. It's called superimposing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Focal distortion I think is what you mean!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
