Lancaster's FM213 and FM212 Reunited

[Flying Pencil]

I guess "stubby" is this airplane:



Seen in this post:
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... hp?t=22710

[The Inspector]

That size oddity is caused by using a very long lens-it's the same reason why the batter in a baseball game appears to be taller than the pitcher even though the pitcher is 66 feet closer to the camera when the broadcaster uses the center field camera, forced perspective

[Ontario-Warbird]

I guess "stubby" is this airplane:

Yes you are correct, Formerly from Jackson Park in Windsor Ontario.

Cheers Dave C

[PeterA]

The roundel is in the correct proportion it is just that all Starboard wings on Spitfires are bigger than the Port.

PeterA

Are you serious, or are you joking?

Joking of course.

It is trick of the eye caused by the combination of the telephoto lens effect and the dihedral of the wings.

With the long telephoto, the roundels are say 500' and 520' away from the eye of the viewer.

At this distance the eye is actually looking at two ellipses of almost equal 'major diameter' but due to the dihedral of the wing, the further roundel/ellipse has a greater 'minor diameter'. In two dimensions the further roundel/ellipse presents a greater surface area to the viewer and the eye/brain interprets this as 'larger'.

PeterA

[warbird1]

The roundel is in the correct proportion it is just that all Starboard wings on Spitfires are bigger than the Port.

PeterA

Are you serious, or are you joking?

Joking of course.

It is trick of the eye caused by the combination of the telephoto lens effect and the dihedral of the wings.

With the long telephoto, the roundels are say 500' and 520' away from the eye of the viewer.

At this distance the eye is actually looking at two ellipses of almost equal 'major diameter' but due to the dihedral of the wing, the further roundel/ellipse has a greater 'minor diameter'. In two dimensions the further roundel/ellipse presents a greater surface area to the viewer and the eye/brain interprets this as 'larger'.

PeterA

I thought you were joking, but I wasn't quite sure. I know about telephoto compression, but I had never seen that effect on one single object so pronounced! Thanks for the explanation!