Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoA NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down19
arrow-up1262arrow-down1imageA NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoIt’s most likely an optical illusion. Ex.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·6 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/
minus-squareben16w@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·6 months agoThe first image is some Instagram photos and the second image is a different person bouldering
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·6 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-up2·6 months agoThe coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed.
It’s most likely an optical illusion.
Ex.
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/
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