Perspective Check: 737 Takes Off, A380 Follows, and the Size Difference Is Wild

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keenexplorer12@reddit

I travelled in A380 for the 1st time in 2015 , it was huge....

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miarvin@reddit

The fuselage‘s diameter of an A320 is actually smaller than that of an A380 engine

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NotCook59@reddit

Holy shit! I thought perspective was supposed to make the farther away stuff look smaller!

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Greg-stardotstar@reddit

I was about to say it’s a perspective trick, but the 737 is closer, so is appearing larger than it actually is relative to the A380.

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I love how the A380 is just so large it basically cannot be made to look small, since it dwarfs all the infrastructure for planes haha. Looming in the back, wings wider than the damn runway, engines near the size of the 737 fuselage lmao

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Big_Primrose@reddit

Even the cockpit windows look like tiny beady eyes on a giant creature.

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Sparrowx0x1x@reddit (OP)

A380 to a Cessna Citation Mustang: Your altitude is basically my ground clearance

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Critical_Sir25@reddit

The 777X engine is literally bigger than the 737 fuselage. I didn't believe it until I saw it in person. Can't wait until the 777X starts deliveries.

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jcr62250@reddit

Big airplane, see 777X flying in and out of Boeing Field all the time

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G-III-@reddit

Is that the GE9X?

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Neo1331@reddit

Yes it is, but the current GE90 is also about as big 737 is roughly 12’ GE90 is like 10.5’

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Critical_Sir25@reddit

Ohh, I'm not sure on that, but it was massive.

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InsideOfYourMind@reddit

This is incorrect, long lenses flatten everything out so the A380 is looming larger relatively compared to the 737 even if it’s closer. Your original hunch is correct though it doesn’t seem so logically.

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Whatever_Lurker@reddit

No this is not true at all. First, the lens is irrelevant; it’s the distance/perspective. Second, the further away you are, the more correct the relative size proportions will be.

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InsideOfYourMind@reddit

Lense absolutely matters. A smartphone vs a full frame and a telephoto would absolutely make this appear differently, more stacked/smooshed/compressed, whatever.

Buncha people here who’ve obviously only shot on their smartphones, go find an old 35mm and find something kut.

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Whatever_Lurker@reddit

See https://petapixel.com/2021/08/02/lenses-dont-cause-perspective-distortion-and-lens-compression/

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InsideOfYourMind@reddit

You must have missed the parts where I literally am saying what this article is saying, but go on with your bad self

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Whatever_Lurker@reddit

You are really bullshitting here.

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JJsjsjsjssj@reddit

That's not how it works at all. If anything the longer lens the more "true" to reality it will show the relative sizes between them, but it will never make the background object appear larger than the foreground object.

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InsideOfYourMind@reddit

I shoot mountain photography with long lenses. May seem counter intuitive but feel free to look it up yourself. Peaks in the background will absolutely APPEAR larger than foreground objects. It’s not a measurable effect, because it’s relative to the subject depending on focal length. It’s more to do with how we perceive distance in space and how photographs trick the eye to seeing something that isn’t actually there, but we’re expecting it to be.

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JJsjsjsjssj@reddit

I'm a camera & lens technician, I deal with lenses every day. You're talking about compression, which most people misunderstand. Backgrounds will look bigger, because they are actually bigger. A mountain will look huge because it's huge. It will never invert the perspective and make them larger than they are (there are lenses that do that, but not used for photography). Things far away get compressed, and you're just zooming in to them.

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Greg-stardotstar@reddit

Your argument seems self defeating. “Long lenses flatten everything” is true. The telephoto effect of flattening the perspective can’t also warp the perspective in favor of the rear object. If

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TommiHPunkt@reddit

because you expect things further away to be significantly smaller, the flattening of the long lens distorts it so they seem bigger than expected when they're just a little bit smaller instead of a lot smaller

It's more clear with fotos of people

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InsideOfYourMind@reddit

Ok, you don’t have to believe me. Shoot some long lenses photography yourself and see my other comment. Or just go parroting this, whatever.

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mnztr1@reddit

the speeded up footage really ruins the magnificent liftoff of the great beast.

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Simon_Mendelssohn@reddit

Here is the video at normal speed

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martianfrog@reddit

How do you know it is speeded up? Show me the proof.

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mnztr1@reddit

Are you being sarcastic?

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martianfrog@reddit

Qui, moi?! Non Monsieur.

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mnztr1@reddit

Stupecastic then 😄

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martianfrog@reddit

Please, that's not a legit word and you know it.

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mnztr1@reddit

the Oxford guys are reviewing it as we speak.

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martianfrog@reddit

So are the Cambridge guys, I sure hope there's no conflict.

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Honest-Association68@reddit

Do runways deliberately have those whoop type things to help aid takeoff or are they generally as level as possible and this is just a really bad runway?

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smokie12@reddit

Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/9OPvdSWyYOo?si=s6NoWmmlpirjlnlH&t=61

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fcfromhell@reddit

Imagine the wake turbulence that poor 380 experiences following that 737

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SexChief@reddit

☝️🤓

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ttam23@reddit

You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about

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Whatever_Lurker@reddit

That is not true. The only thing that matters is the distance. See https://petapixel.com/2021/08/02/lenses-dont-cause-perspective-distortion-and-lens-compression/

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Smart-Competition509@reddit

Section 19.1 and 19.2 on the 380 rear empennage are 5 meters in diameter. Looking at them in assembly, it is like looking into a two floor townhouse.

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Moondoobious@reddit

Big beautiful bird! And damn comfortable

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Nor-easter@reddit

Why is the runway not flat? Are all runways this wavy and I’ve just never noticed?

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stashstein@reddit

Non runway is perfectly flat but this is an effect caused by the long focal length being used here.

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Total-Composer2261@reddit

...and the ground being uneven.

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PsychologicalGlass47@reddit

It most definitely isn't, this is pretty normal for most strips

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PeacefulIntentions@reddit

This is Birmingham (BHX) which is a very old airfield that was redeveloped at different times. They keep extending the runway as demand increases too which is part of the reason why it is at different elevations.

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Due_Education_5717@reddit

Brum is my home runway.. I had no idea it was this uneven

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Soumin@reddit

well when you squish idk 3 kilometers into 1 inch on a screen then it will look little wavy

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AContrarianDick@reddit

It looks like someone paved part of the Windows XP wallpaper.

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trillium13@reddit

little crosswind there! always a bit mind blowing to see the comparison.

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TigerUSA20@reddit

I thought they were drifting 😂

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HwanZike@reddit

That crosswind just blew your mind?

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maniBchef@reddit

I thought maybe there wasn't equal power to the engines.

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rocketshipkiwi@reddit

Little 737 is like, I’m getting the fuck out of here

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YU_AKI@reddit

Love the two FOD inspection vehicles following to see how many clods the outboard engines threw up.

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DadKnightBegins@reddit

Joke#1: That runway has so many hills and valleys it would have been cheaper to build tunnels and over passes. Joke#2: Why does this runway have so many launch ramps? Is this a Navy training base?

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Darman2361@reddit

Nah, because the aircraft goes up and down - airfield architects hate this one trick, how to get a longer runway length in less space.

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jobbyjobbyjobby@reddit

That’s not a runway, that’s a BMX track

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bubblemania2020@reddit

737 looked like a small private jet 🛩️

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ProT3ch@reddit

It's crazy to land on a flydubai 737 in Dubai, and taxiing next to all the A380s and B777s.

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Boss-fight601@reddit

Wow! What airport is this?

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babyformulaandham@reddit

BHX, Birmingham

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UseDue6373@reddit

I had no idea they were that large

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lookaway11@reddit

The guy she tells you not to worry about

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pryan37bb@reddit

Aww, this one didn't have any Jaws music though

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Accomplished_Wing411@reddit

Run.

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Lyuseefur@reddit

“Speed Bump” that’s what it feels like

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webdbbt@reddit

Proud Daddy plane watches his little one's first fledgling flight! They grow up so fast!

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dnuohxof-2@reddit

I hope one day I can get lucky enough to fly on one of those behemoths. I fly domestic and mostly regional for work… need to find an excuse to travel abroad and save up for a lay flat seat/house down payment….

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