Willyslancs Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) interesting pic, ........... Edited January 3, 2012 by Willyslancs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie370 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Known as 'compression', I believe. An illusion caused by the properties of the lens. To get some impression of the distance between the two aircraft, look at the comparative size of the engines on both aircraft. Edited January 4, 2012 by Yorkie370 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I agree but you can't use the engines as a guide as the B-17 uses an R-1820 single row and the B-24 uses an R-1830 twin row which is quite a bit smaller in diameter. However, I think you're correct about the lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Very hard to tell, have looked at the shadow detail and what there is appears to be matching. Looking at overlap details show no obvious aberations. Have to go with it being a real picture. As Yorkie370 points out when using a long/telephoto lens you get "image distortion" in the form of compression as such an object further away will appear much closer. As such the seperation between the aircraft is greater than what it appears to be. Oh yes short/wide angle lens have the opposite effect fo this, hence you can use them to give cars long bonnets and models legs that go on forever. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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