Experiment with placement and scale to show how big (or small) you can feel in a photo.
One of the parts I love most about flying is that moment you take off and watch the airport, buildings, homes, shopping centers, and cars get smaller and smaller, shrinking until they’re out of sight. There are many other opportunities throughout the day to remember your place in our big, big world. It’s easy to remember how tiny we are in the grand scheme of things in the hustle and bustle of a busy city, or in the silence of a secluded town.
The first time I visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I felt a similar sensation traveling up to the top of its iconic Sugarloaf Mountain. As we ascended the mountain, the city and its noise shrunk behind us until the buildings and the boats looked just like little toys.

Tiny boats from above the ocean in Rio de Janeiro.
Photography, and any visual art, is all about perspective. Where and how you place other objects in the frame can completely change how another part of the picture looks. In drawing, placing an object farther down on the page and making it larger gives the appearance that it’s close; conversely, a smaller object towards the top of the frame seems farther away.
For this week’s challenge, make use of sizing, placement, and scale in your photos. Perhaps you live in a place with mountains, and want to highlight the size of the homes in relation to the dramatic landscape. Or, conversely, if you live in a city, how do the buildings change when you place a smaller object, like a cup or a toy, in the front of your frame? Can you make them appear smaller or, conversely, can you make them look like the biggest skyscrapers in the world?
Have some fun with perspective and show just how big, or little, the world can seem.
Hah! you’re here. https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/scale-weeklyphoto-challenge/
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Well, my last post was just as well suited this week’s theme, so please take a look here: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-KF
A similar photo from me this week. It has also been taken in Berlin during the heavy rainy weather this summer: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-KB
Have a great week!
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These photos are wonderful!
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Wow, so fun how tiny the boats look… 🙂
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Impressive scale shot!
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The secret life of wasps:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/weekly-photo-challenge-scale-2/
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I know it is not your fault but I am finding it tiresome that WP is quite tardy with posting the pingbacks and NOT all are included. Next week I will delay and wait to see if pingbacks are working before deciding whether or not to post a response…Sigh 😦
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Probably the Russians – or the Koreans!
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I love your blog !!!!!!!!!
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The Spruce Goose is the biggest airplane ever built, constructed on a Scale not seen before or since, Erica: http://bit.ly/JJ-SG
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My entry: https://rygalo.com/2017/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-scale-2/
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OH this is quite an interesting challenge and your post is certainly demonstrates a well chosen theme. THank you. All my best.
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Compare the size of the mountain to the vehicles and human down below. SCALE!
https://cindimatography.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-scale/
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Rio has indeed one of the most beautiful panoramas in the world. Good post.
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Great post! It really is amazing to realize how small we actually are in this huge universe, it is really about perspective.
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Agreed 😀 I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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A mirror provides a nice sense of scale in this behind the scenes shoot in a studio. https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/behind-the-scenes/
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Happy rainy Wednesday from Toronto! Here is my entry 🙂 http://stenoodie.com/2017/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-scale-2/
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Great post. It is really cool to think of photography in a perspective about making things seem larger or smaller than they actually are.
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A fun challenge..
https://inotherwordsandpictures.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/weekly-photo-challenge-scale-2/
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It’s been a while, I’ve had a year away from the blogosphere, but here I am back again https://wordpress.com/post/pommepal.wordpress.com/12436
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Oops wrong link https://pommepal.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/how-i-interpreted-scale/
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Great shot!
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Afternoon all!
Here’s my contributing photo for this week.
Have a good one.
https://stupidityhole.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/stanwell-beach/
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Nyc
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There is nothing else I can post today except my response to The Fires in California. https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/wpc-scale-of-the-fires/
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Thank you so much for sharing this! I hope you and your family are safe.
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We are safe if living with unhealthy air is safe. We are safely out of the fire zone. Thanks for the concern.
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A tribute to Leah…
http://streamingthruamerica.com/2017/10/12/putting-leah-in-perspective/
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great blog follow mine on http://www.thamiejahron.wordpress.com
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That pic is fantastic – can’t imagine where you were to get that angle, but I’m guessing up, up, up somehow. Well done, thanks.
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