▲ 262 ▼ A NYC police officer hanging over Times Square, 1920 (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/historyporn@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago* (3 children) It’s most likely an optical illusion. Ex. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago 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/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] ben16w@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) The first image is some Instagram photos and the second image is a different person bouldering permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 2 years ago I sure hope so permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago 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/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ben16w@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) The first image is some Instagram photos and the second image is a different person bouldering permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The coastline, buildings and boulder appear to be the same, the images are just reversed. permalink fedilink source parent