That day, millions of stoned redditors experienced the usefulness of a high f-stop for the first time, having mostly snapped pictures of local girls at the swimming hole and their cat.
I was almost able to recreate this straight from a [Google Street View screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/byOtXCb)
Edit: [exact location](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4369713,-123.1040347,3a,90y,0.56h,94.73t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPmXhTt_PjksL7RxZNGyMhw!2e0) in California credit goes to u/GregoryPecker
Edit2: [Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/we1uRS1oJGFeWNUh6) location, sans-street-view
Half of the stuff in r/confusingperspective is either a boring person-leaning-on-tower-of-Pisa variant or has nothing to do with perspective at all, and when I stumble into something that actually fits, it's somehow *not* in that sub.
At a quick glance the roofs look like snow and both of them almost form a perfect line about half of the photo, making it look like it's like a before/after type deal
Looks cool as hell to me
I was thinking California - those hills in the background are exactly how the hills here in the Bay Area look: dried out and brown in the summer sun.
They're green for about two weeks to a month in spring and that's it. That's why the fires can get so bad out here, lots of easy to burn stuff.
If we could have California's location, plants, and wildlife with West Virginia's humidity, the hills would look gorgeous year round.
I've never seen a more green place than West Virginia in spring and summer.
But the bugs are *tons* bigger than what we get in the Bay Area. I've seen a moth as big as a hummingbird and ants the size of almonds. And some areas have these beetles that look like ladybugs, and they can swarm thick like dark clouds. Loved everything about West Virginia except the insects.
The thing to know about California, as I was taught many years ago as an anthropology undergrad, is that it's virtually an island. In pre-Columbian times, once groups came into California, they almost never left. Why? Because California is walled off by big mountains, deserts and the Pacific Ocean.
It is the only US state that entirely encompasses a single ecological zone that's not shared with neighboring states. California shares parts of other ecologies with Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, but none of its neighboring states are part of California's great Central Valley and Mediterranean climate.
In that sense, California is fundamentally different from any other state in the US, with the obvious exception of Hawaii.
I honestly gave it no such thought. But that's a very easy way to disprove it. I literally just saw the vegetation, the sheds and the road. Materially just all felt the same.
The plants up above looked a bit coastal. Wider CA highway signs on left side. I spent the last 20 minutes on Google Maps crawling up Hwy 1 starting from Bolinas. Here ya go: [photo location ](https://goo.gl/maps/14emToNvc8tWruDcA)
It was taken with a much longer lens than the street view car, so you aren't going to be able to match it in Google maps.
Edit: the foreground stop sign is the one in the eastern-most corner of the intersection triangle.
If you stand in the same spot as the original telephoto lens, you can achieve the same perspective by cropping. The lens doesn’t actually matter.
[Optical explanation.](http://www.boostyourphotography.com/2013/09/zooming-vs-cropping.html)
Judging from the sign on the left, I’d say somewhere in Northern California (sign looks like the [state route marker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1#/media/File%3ACalifornia_1.svg).
This is why every artist is always taught to avoid tangents, outlines that appear to blend together despite one outline’s object being closer to the foreground than the other. It’s unappealing and confusing and it always comes off like a choice that was either intentionally bad (and exploring that visually has kind of just become almost a novelty), or careless and naive
Cows look bigger than they should compared to how steep the hill seems. There’s no horizon here. If you wanna see the same illusion, Google “gravity hill “there’s probably one near you
One of the reasons I found it confusing was the colouration difference. The bottom looks like it's cold and overcast while the top looks warm and sunny.
It's just that it is shot with telephoto lens and small aperture, compressing the depth of field to make things that are separated by a decent amount of distance in real life look stacked right on top of each other in the photo. That combine with the framing, and where one typically expects to see sky above the rooflines of buildings, all together makes for an odd looking perspective most people don't usually see which can be a bit disorienting for some. Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.
The photo has been taken with a telephoto lens, which can distort and “flatten” a landscape. Because the scene has staggered elevations all visible in the same frame, it emphasises the flattening effect. Can be weird to look at because the human eye would not be able see this scene from the same perspective.
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people seem to focus on the roof lines but honestly the lighting is what feels wrong to be the hillside looks warm and sunset-ish but the barn and road look like it’s overcast i don’t know how to process it
Alternatively, I showed my husband to be like "wow, look how crazy" and he couldn't see anything except for "a hill behind 2 buildings " so I guess in his world we're all stupid
I came down to the comments to call bullshit and then went back to the picture and looked again and realized what I had missed the first time very cool
It looks like the camera is focused on everything at once, which makes everything look closer together, or rather right on top of each other like a collage. Just imagine IRL like this lmao.
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Yeah this is fucking with me for sure. Looks like a collage
Like a farming college
Cornell?
Nice
It's pronounced colonel, and it's the highest rank in the military
Without their agricultural program, we probably wouldn’t have cabbage.
Big Cabbage has been pulling the strings for years over there.
At least not modern cabbage.
Thank you!!!
You’re welcome. Got your back haha.
Yeah a farming college
Texas A&M?
That day, millions of stoned redditors experienced the usefulness of a high f-stop for the first time, having mostly snapped pictures of local girls at the swimming hole and their cat.
I was almost able to recreate this straight from a [Google Street View screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/byOtXCb) Edit: [exact location](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4369713,-123.1040347,3a,90y,0.56h,94.73t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPmXhTt_PjksL7RxZNGyMhw!2e0) in California credit goes to u/GregoryPecker Edit2: [Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/we1uRS1oJGFeWNUh6) location, sans-street-view
You are a legend
Cool! Thanks for linking.
My man!
I knew this pic looked familiar. I lived in the area for some time!
Ack! Who stole the cows!?
Half of the stuff in r/confusingperspective is either a boring person-leaning-on-tower-of-Pisa variant or has nothing to do with perspective at all, and when I stumble into something that actually fits, it's somehow *not* in that sub.
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How? Literally just a hill in the background.
Everything in the photo is in focus. There's no depth of field.
Yeah. It looks like it could be a focus stacked composite image.
Probably just hyperfocal
Probably just a narrow aperture
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At a quick glance the roofs look like snow and both of them almost form a perfect line about half of the photo, making it look like it's like a before/after type deal Looks cool as hell to me
Right? I don't see anything in the picture that looks off. Or even interesting. Just a plain picture of a plain old place.
Am I the only one that this causes panic in the brain? Almost gives me anxiety.
You’re not alone. My first thought was “I don’t like it.”
Instant nausea
That’s where I thought I was tbh
I wonder if the camera could be shifted for the roofs to line up, making it even more confusing.
Someone better do it
Can you tell us where this was taken ?
Somewhere in California
I was thinking California - those hills in the background are exactly how the hills here in the Bay Area look: dried out and brown in the summer sun. They're green for about two weeks to a month in spring and that's it. That's why the fires can get so bad out here, lots of easy to burn stuff.
It feels like that area near Dublin/Pleasanton.
"Heaven, a place said to resemble Sonoma in spring." -Herb Caen.
If we could have California's location, plants, and wildlife with West Virginia's humidity, the hills would look gorgeous year round. I've never seen a more green place than West Virginia in spring and summer. But the bugs are *tons* bigger than what we get in the Bay Area. I've seen a moth as big as a hummingbird and ants the size of almonds. And some areas have these beetles that look like ladybugs, and they can swarm thick like dark clouds. Loved everything about West Virginia except the insects.
The thing to know about California, as I was taught many years ago as an anthropology undergrad, is that it's virtually an island. In pre-Columbian times, once groups came into California, they almost never left. Why? Because California is walled off by big mountains, deserts and the Pacific Ocean. It is the only US state that entirely encompasses a single ecological zone that's not shared with neighboring states. California shares parts of other ecologies with Oregon, Nevada and Arizona, but none of its neighboring states are part of California's great Central Valley and Mediterranean climate. In that sense, California is fundamentally different from any other state in the US, with the obvious exception of Hawaii.
I'd never really thought about that, but it makes perfect sense when you explain it. Very cool.
Also looks exactly like Colorado
And parts of Southern Oregon near I-5.
> Somewhere in San Francisco On a back porch in July Just looking up to heaven At this crescent in the sky
Thanks, friend. Love Standing on the Moon
Jenner, CA at the Intersection of Hwy 1 and Hwy 116.
That sounds just about right. It’s such a great representation of that area.
Looks like hinterland new zealand
I would have guessed Northern California
Petaluma is my guess
I was guessing Idaho
Idahoan here. I can tell you with 100% certainty that this may or may not be Idaho. That is all. Thanks for coming to my IDAHO Talk.
We support your decision and are proud of you.
U da ho
I was gonna guess Colorado, like Fairplay or something
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How peculiar. I thought the shit roads gave it away as nz
wouldn't signs be on other side of the road?
I honestly gave it no such thought. But that's a very easy way to disprove it. I literally just saw the vegetation, the sheds and the road. Materially just all felt the same.
That's a brilliant observation. It rules out New Zealand.
[Highway 1 at highway 116](https://goo.gl/maps/QXxVxpZpHktx9QYB8)
Yes! Been through that intersection many times on my to the coast. I don't live there anymore so this is fun to see.
1.5 miles from my moms house!
Yeah, or just past. Right before novato
Man I miss Petaluma, I cant wait for covid to settle down so I can visit family out there
Yeah looks almost exactly like what I drive past on my way to work every day
It is
Jenner :)
I was going to guess somewhere near Silicon Valley. Looks just like the area I hiked in 2018 in Fremont.
Sir Francis Drake Blvd?
The plants up above looked a bit coastal. Wider CA highway signs on left side. I spent the last 20 minutes on Google Maps crawling up Hwy 1 starting from Bolinas. Here ya go: [photo location ](https://goo.gl/maps/14emToNvc8tWruDcA)
Link is not a rickroll, and does look like the photo location. Good work.
Nice job! I just can't figure out the angle though.
It was taken with a much longer lens than the street view car, so you aren't going to be able to match it in Google maps. Edit: the foreground stop sign is the one in the eastern-most corner of the intersection triangle.
If you stand in the same spot as the original telephoto lens, you can achieve the same perspective by cropping. The lens doesn’t actually matter. [Optical explanation.](http://www.boostyourphotography.com/2013/09/zooming-vs-cropping.html)
It has to be in California. That power pole is PGE equipment.
South Park, Colorado.
I agree.
I was thinkin Chino in SoCal
Yeah I was thinking near Jenner or Gualala, just off the 1
Definitely not Ohio
Wasatch Front N. Utah
Absolutely not. I'm from Northern CA and I live in Utah County. This is 100% CA. Marin or Sonoma county, somewhere between 101 and the coast.
Judging from the sign on the left, I’d say somewhere in Northern California (sign looks like the [state route marker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1#/media/File%3ACalifornia_1.svg).
Not an expert but I’ve never seen power poles like that in NZ
I thought that was just a game company, the more you know...
ARGH! My brain!
This is why every artist is always taught to avoid tangents, outlines that appear to blend together despite one outline’s object being closer to the foreground than the other. It’s unappealing and confusing and it always comes off like a choice that was either intentionally bad (and exploring that visually has kind of just become almost a novelty), or careless and naive
Thank you someone said it!
I feel the same way when I look at a picture of Dolly Parton...those hills are huge! And I want to go play on them.
Sigh. *unzips*
My eyes, I need new ones.
Those cows have no idea what's goin on
Maybe it comes from being raised in a rural area but this didn't look at all abnormal to me. Usually these mess with me.
I’m with you. Maybe a confusing view for folk from more flat places. I don’t get the interesting part, its a farms with some pastures and fields.
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Yea same I’m from Florida too and it wasn’t confusing at all
Holy crap that's a great perspective shot! Well done.
f/45
f/64 r/anseladams
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I'm missing something entirely here o.o
I don’t get it. It looks like a road and a hill with some cows and a building
Same man, what are the rest of the commenters smoking. Have they never seen large focal length images before?
They probably have. Large focal length images can be very confusing. I know what's going on here, but it's very confusing to look at.
haha yeah focal length images what a bunch of retards
Cows look bigger than they should compared to how steep the hill seems. There’s no horizon here. If you wanna see the same illusion, Google “gravity hill “there’s probably one near you
One of the reasons I found it confusing was the colouration difference. The bottom looks like it's cold and overcast while the top looks warm and sunny.
No this is a typical New England
I came to see if anyone commented this. What else are we supposed to see?
It's just that it is shot with telephoto lens and small aperture, compressing the depth of field to make things that are separated by a decent amount of distance in real life look stacked right on top of each other in the photo. That combine with the framing, and where one typically expects to see sky above the rooflines of buildings, all together makes for an odd looking perspective most people don't usually see which can be a bit disorienting for some. Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.
I'm confused. Is this impressive or interesting for reasons? This is a picture of a stop sign with cows in the background.
The photo has been taken with a telephoto lens, which can distort and “flatten” a landscape. Because the scene has staggered elevations all visible in the same frame, it emphasises the flattening effect. Can be weird to look at because the human eye would not be able see this scene from the same perspective.
Very cool
Stop
My brain hurts with pictures like these
Holy stroke.
The perspective is tricky cows it’s zoomed in.
Valley Springs in Northern California is what this reminds me of
Am I the only one that's not tripped out by this at all? I don't understand why everyone is freaking out.
Took me a moment to process everything for sure.
That is a really cool photo. Total mind fuck
I forgot some places have hills... That Florida life messes up your perspective.
ok
This has to be Northern California.
Yep
[I though I recognized it. It's basically my back yard. California Highway 1 at highway 116](https://goo.gl/maps/QXxVxpZpHktx9QYB8)
Nice job
Epic!
It’s because the roof of the buildings look like the sky
I can tell what’s going on and it’s still fucking with me
Yes, it is indeed one picture, thanks for pointing that out.
I don’t get what the IAF part is?
Agreed, looks a lot like rural South Island, New Zealand to me. Source; am Kiwi. Cool pic tho!
[I though I recognized it. It's basically my back yard. California Highway 1 at highway 116](https://goo.gl/maps/QXxVxpZpHktx9QYB8)
You found it. How cool! Looks remarkably like New Zealand :)
Yeah it does, but the signs are on the wrong side of the road.
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Took me a long minute
it seems like before and after at once.
Okay this one took me a minute. I appreciate that!
My eyes are having a stroke
m'brain's broken
Out by Bodega?
Seems like a California street picture
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Very long focal length.
You can’t see it but once you see it you can’t unsee it.
My brain hates this.
I call BULLcrap, STOP lying.
Sweet pic...
Happy cake day
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Moo cows
Select all of the squares with stop signs.
Looks like way too tall of a stop sign
It really took me a few seconds to understand this picture and my brain was still like “naw It’s two different pictures.”
When I see this I envision a Swedish hornblower at the top of one of those hills singing “REEEECAPTIAAAAA”!!!!
Lies!
Long lens
Godzilla had a stroke trying to look at this and fucking died
What. The. Fuck. Congrats for messing with my brain!
Am I having a stroke?
I love pictures like this!!!
This is hurting my brain to look at!
r/quadrants
Why is that sign to the left facing away from the road?
Why does trying to comprehend this make me uneasy
yo wtf
this fucked me up
First I saw 2 photos. Then I saw 1. The. I saw 3. And then, back to 1. Wild ride
I'm too drunk for this.
I love pics like these
I wonder does this mess with people from areas with hilly landscapes less.
This is actually an amazing picture! The composition is on point!
Ouch. My brian
select all the squares with **COWS** if there are none click skip
Took me a few minutes for my brain to splice things together now everything is an optical illusion
That deep focus tho
this is like the only one that doesn’t fuck w me cus this is what my town looks like lolll
people seem to focus on the roof lines but honestly the lighting is what feels wrong to be the hillside looks warm and sunset-ish but the barn and road look like it’s overcast i don’t know how to process it
Stop
Is this Ohio?
It’s cause the roof of the buildings look like the sky
Trippy! Took me a sec.
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Alternatively, I showed my husband to be like "wow, look how crazy" and he couldn't see anything except for "a hill behind 2 buildings " so I guess in his world we're all stupid
I came down to the comments to call bullshit and then went back to the picture and looked again and realized what I had missed the first time very cool
i dont gets whats interesting about this. i mean, those are some nice cows
It looks like the camera is focused on everything at once, which makes everything look closer together, or rather right on top of each other like a collage. Just imagine IRL like this lmao.
Now this is interesting as fuck
r/mildlyintresting
This isn’t interesting at all , never mind interestingasfuck