Sense of scale in photography is achieved by showing the size of one subject in relation to the size of another in the same picture. When this is done, the viewer can perceive the space or the depth perception between one verses the other. An easy way to illustrate this is to include a familiar subject along with another subject seen at a distance.
These first three pictures show a few areas of coastline and beaches in Southern Maine. The sense of scale can be visually appreciated since part of the plane is shown in each image. These were taken with an iPhone and can be enlarged by clicking on them.
Nubble Light House, a well-known historic lighthouse, built in 1879 in York, Maine, is still in use today.
One of the popular beaches located in Wells, Maine.
A view of the Cape Neddick coastline, also shown in the header shot.
The remaining photos were taken close to home or on various trips.
Niagara Falls from the Canadian side. Notice the size of the tour boat plus the people in the upper lefthand corner who are on the US side of the Falls. The tree in the lower right corner was closeby where we stood to take this picture.
Inside the foyer or entrance hall of The Breaker’s Mansion in Newport, RI. We were standing on one of the balconies when this was taken.
Angel Oak Tree (Quercus virginiana) is located on Johns Island, between Kiawah Island and Charleston, SC. This approximately 400-500 hundred year old tree stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, circumference of the trunk measures 28 ft (8.5 m) and length of its longest branch is 187 ft (57 m). Seeing the people around it puts its massive size in perspective!
A miniature murder scene on display beside The Museum of Dumb Guy Stuff in Portsmouth, RI. This Museum is described on Tripadvisor as a basement museum where guys tinker with GI Joe’s, models, trains and all sorts of toys from the past and build scenes as they reinvent the parts. (https://www.facebook.com/DumbGuy2/)
Thanks goes to Sofia, the host this week, for selecting such an interesting topic on Sense of Scale. Click here to enjoy seeing her post and learn more about this great topic!
Beautiful images of lovely places show the vastness and scale so well
Thank you so much!
Love the header image.
Your flight photos are wonderful, such a great idea for this challenge, I don’t think there was any others like it 🙂 Angel Oak is my favourite this week, Sylvia. Amazing tree and you really caught the scale with your composition.
Thank you, Sofia, so glad you enjoyed seeing these pictures. The Angel Oak tree is even more awesome to see in person, it is magnificent!
Fun choices for scale, Sylvia! And I just love that Angel Oak, it’s heavenly!
Fun choices Sylvia. I loved both the idea and the image of the dumb-guy museum, it must be a hoot! Happy to see you had a good use for your images of the flight with your son!
Thank you Tina! I haven’t been inside the dumb-guy museum yet (I was doubled parked to take this picture!). I’ll be going back though to check it out and get more pictures. It was a lovely day for our flight and as you know, the Maine coast is beautiful from above!!😊