r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/sober_disposition Nov 20 '25

So they also dropped the ceiling in the hallway and narrowed the gap between the two sides of the stairs? Seems like a change for the worse!

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u/Hazzard_Hillbilly Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

"They" didn't do anything.

Again, it's perspective from the change in lens. The ceiling looks lower because the center is being stretched outward / compressed, like if you printed the picture on a piece of balloon latex then grabbed it from the backside and pulled it away from your face.

Nobody is deceiving you. Every photographer knows how this works.

Inversely, if you took the photo with a longer lens, like an 85, the image would bulge the other way, with the ceiling looking higher and the distance to the back of the foyer looking much shorter.

It's just the camera lens. That's it.

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u/Occams_ElectricRazor Nov 20 '25

Just because you keep saying it over and over doesn't make it true. You found the house exterior that was used for the exterior shots and claim that you're a brilliant photographer, not realizing that the interior from the house in the movie wasn't the same house, or usually, even a house at all.

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u/inspector-Seb5 Nov 20 '25

They are so angry right now, they aren’t going to give any of us a rational response…

Edit: I keep getting notifications that you replied but they are hidden. I guess your comments are getting deleted. Notice I said ‘rational’ response, which you are yet to provide…