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From My Perspective - The Golden Hour was rapidly fading but this view called me. Dilworthtown Road, rural Glen Mills, PA.
The effect of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.
leica M2, 35mm Zeiss C Biogon, Tri-X
"Perspective vs. Reality:" The tall pines in the foreground appear to falsely miniaturize the mountain peak in the distance, which actually happens to be the second tallest peak in our state.
France, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, département du Rhône, Lyon, Quais de Saône, Quai Pierre Scize
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Vue sur le quai St Vincent (en partie caché derrière la passerelle St Vincent)
per·spec·tive (pÉ™r-spÄ›k'tÄv) n.
1. A view or vista.
2. A mental view or outlook: "It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present" (Fabian Linden).
3. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
4. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: the perspective of the displaced homemaker.
5. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.
I love the connotations of this word. Apart from it's photographic sense, it's always good to take some time out for yourself and get a little perspective.
I want to say thanks to everyone for all of your great comments and visits to my stream each day. I really appreciate it. I'm currently away for a few days (hopefully I'll come back with some surprising photos to post). So thanks in advance for your visit and comments and I'll catch up with you when I get back.
Thanks to kierobau for the suggested crop. It's always good to get other people's perspective too!
Second Life is a place where you can be anything or anyone you want. Sometimes I like being an ant wandering about looking up at the bottoms of chairs. It's an interesting viewpoint: that of being an ant! But I think maybe I'll be a Bokononist ant tomorrow.
On man's destiny, from the Books of Bokonon: "Today I will be a Bulgarian Minister of Education! Tomorrow I will be Helen of Troy!" (Cat's Cradle).