In Space
Space is an illusion in photography. The appearance of space in a two-dimensional image forms a part of the visual meaning in how a viewer reads an image.
The eye and brain have three ways of perceiving depth. The first is the binocularity of two-eyed vision. Each eye holds a slightly different perspective on a subject. The brain interprets these dual perspectives to allow us to recognize space between objects, between us and an object, and the relative location of objects in space. Binocularity operates only at distances approximately 15–20 feet away from your eyes, about the distance in basketball from the free throw line to the basket. All other forms of depth perception are monocular—one eyed—and similar to a camera lens.
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