Change your perspective and things look different. One perspective may be true; the other, false. This is true in life as well as in photos, although photos are (hopefully) easier to manipulate. When you first meet someone, they appear one way. When you get to know them, you may need to change your perspective. When you view something from close up, you may miss the bigger picture; from far away, you miss the details.
Here are two sets of photos that illustrate the deception possible in perspective, at least the photographic type.
View from the window
View from a window…via a mirror
Your guess?
A coat rack made from a piece of wood
This, that and the other thing 
Great interpretation!
Thanks, Sandra. This was a tough one for me and took ages. Most weeks I have a choice in mind but not this week. Glad they worked.
janet
What amazing colour in that wood, Janet!!
It’s a beautiful piece, M.R., and especially treasured as my parents noted while we were all in Cody, Wyoming that I liked it. They bought it and kept it until the next summer to give me!! It’s very unusual, too, as it has horseshoes as the base.
janet
Do you by any chance know what tree it comes from?
No, sorry.
[M.R. takes out silver Colt 45 and shoots Janet dead]
Right. No more of those lovely photos that I can’t find out anything about, then.
😉
Janet, in her death throes, gasps, “It was too long ago. Forgive me. I…” Tears pour down the cheeks of the audience. The lights dim and then go out.
Hilarious !!!!
Lui woke up and looked at me very grumpily.
😀
Dead people do not apologize to cats, so you’ll have to do it yourself!!
How long before you start to smell?
Dead people can’t smell either. 🙂
HYSTERICAL !!!! Shit, you’re on form today !!!
I’m on form, dead or alive. :-p
Oh, ALright: I take back that .45 bullet. You can come back to life again. Anyone as quickwitted as that shouldn’t be dead, and that’s a fact. 😀
Off to make myself a coffee and have a sitdown to crochet. I have two squares to photograph, too …
I feel so alive! Have fun crocheting. We’re leaving shortly for the long drive into Chicago for a Pink Martini concert. Good stuff.
A coat rack!! Brilliant take on, Janet!
Thanks, Amy. This one took me a long time (so many photos to go through!)
janet
I like how views through windows add so many dimensions to a picture. I would have guessed Carmel not coat rack fun!
I love reflections and views through mirror, too, Carol. But don’t eat my coat rack!
janet
Loved the tactile quality of the wood but I was just so absorbed by your first shots! Triple perspective! Ding, ding , ding!!!
Oh, I like that coat rack, that’s a great idea.
I love it! Wouldn’t it be great to be able to create something like that?
janet
Love the mirror shot Janet – definitely had me going!!
It took me so long to decide what I wanted to do for this one, Tina, that I’m glad it finally worked.
janet
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Interesting shots, Janet, my compliments!
Thanks, Marion. Hope your day’s going well. Spring was interrupted here by about 5-6″ of snow but I know it will be back soon. I’m ready!
janet
I will keep my fingers crossed that spring will soon be there to stay. The weather in Holland is lovely at the moment, but next week we are expecting (and dreading) wet snow and hail showers. Brrr.