The Eiffel Tower and Leaning Tower of Pisa are two of the most iconic places for tourists looking to take what are known as forced perspective pictures. You’ve definitely seen them before. They’re the pictures where it looks like someone is holding the Eiffel Tower in their hand, or propping up the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Forced perspective employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. This how they used to make old monster movies, but the technique can also be used to create some great photos. Somehow though the best forced perspective shots always seem to be vacation photos. Here are some of the best ones we found:
1.) It’s pretty windy out there. – Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
2.) Anyone in there? – Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
3.) Hold on tight! – Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
4.) Looks comfortable. – Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
5.) I wish I was that strong. – Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
6.) Amazing natural rock formations. – Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
7.) Straight out of Jurassic Park. – Kansas City, Missouri
8.) He’s a giant. – Mojave Desert, California
9.) Let me just grab that real quick. – Laguna Beach, California
10.) I wonder how solid this rock is. – Arches National Park, Utah
11.) Get over here! – Spokane, Washington
12.) This doesn’t look comfortable. – Chicago, Illinois
13.) Umm…ok? – Chicago, Illinois
14.) Set it down here boys! – Washington, DC
15.) Where do you think you’re going? – Seattle, Washington
16.) Kind of like Inception. – Disney World, Orlando, Florida
17.) Be careful not to break it. – London, England
18.) Just putting the finishing touches on it. – Loughborough, England
19.) Go my minions! – Manchester, England
20.) Watch out below! -Stonehenge, England
21.) Of course we had to include the Leaning Tower of Pisa. – Pisa, Italy
22.) I wonder if he stuck the landing. – Pisa, Italy
23.) Whoa. I don’t even know how they managed that. – Florence, Italy
24.) What a view. – Rocca di Papa, Rome, Italy
25.) Don’t forget about the Eiffel Tower. – Paris, France
26.) On her tip toes. – Paris, France
27.) We’re sinking! Abandon ship! – Montmartre, Paris, France
28.) Very nice to meet you. -Cairo, Egypt
29.) Don’t lose your balance. – Cairo, Egypt
30.) Yum delicious. – Tokyo, Japan
31.) No PDA please. – Turkey
32.) Just making sure the ground is solid. – Sombrio Point, BC, Canada
33.) We’ll just leave this here then… – Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau, Swiss Alps
34.) Please don’t push me! -Yealgiri, Tamil Nadu, India
35.) His cup runneth over. -Scotland
36.) Boop! – Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
I still can’t get my head around #23, that’s amazing. Share these crazy photos by clicking below.
