Superman Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I was wondering why is that objects appear to become smaller as they get farther away. No one really notices it because its always like that but I was wondering if it has to do with our eyes or something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Perspective from the two eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 I'm not sure if it's due to us having two eyes. We have binocular vision, and the ability to judge depth, because we have two overlapping fields of view. But if you close an eye there is still the same perspective, things get smaller towards a vanishing point. Pictures taken with a camera have the same perspective, and you can quite easily draw a picture that has a sense of perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 The objects take up a smaller percent of your field of vision which is just another way of saying they get 'smaller.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Originally posted by Skye I'm not sure if it's due to us having two eyes. We have binocular vision, and the ability to judge depth, because we have two overlapping fields of view. But if you close an eye there is still the same perspective, things get smaller towards a vanishing point. Pictures taken with a camera have the same perspective, and you can quite easily draw a picture that has a sense of perspective. Depth perception is what I was talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 the angle that they subtend at the eye gats smaller and whatnot. trig++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 This thread reminds me of the cow conversation in Father Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Originally posted by Sayonara³ This thread reminds me of the cow conversation in Father Ted. This thread is small, those ones are far away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri This thread is small, those ones are far away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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