Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoA NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageA NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoIt’s most likely an optical illusion. Ex.
minus-squareben16w@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThe first image is some Instagram photos and the second image is a different person bouldering
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agohttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-cliff-hanger-isnt-quite-seems/ There’s no set of the hanging effect and the long distance together, but it’s a pretty common rock that people take these forced perspective photos on.
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThe coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThis is exactly how entertainers like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd did many of their stunts. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/harold-lloyd-about-harold-lloyd/647/
It’s most likely an optical illusion.
Ex.
The first image is some Instagram photos and the second image is a different person bouldering
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photograph-cliff-hanger-isnt-quite-seems/
There’s no set of the hanging effect and the long distance together, but it’s a pretty common rock that people take these forced perspective photos on.
The coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed.
I sure hope so
This is exactly how entertainers like Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd did many of their stunts.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/harold-lloyd-about-harold-lloyd/647/