Travel photos that defy perspective

iReport
Christina Zdanowicz, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 12:36 PM EDT, Thu October 30, 2014
"I think I'm a bit too young for him," says Alla Shubina, <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1174084">who kissed the Great Sphinx</a> of Giza during her 2010 trip to Egypt. Click the arrows to see a <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/1169748">collection</a> of<a href="http://www.viralnova.com/forced-perspective-photos/" target="_blank" target="_blank"> forced perspective</a> photography from travel destinations around the world.
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"I think I'm a bit too young for him," says Alla Shubina, who kissed the Great Sphinx of Giza during her 2010 trip to Egypt. Click the arrows to see a collection of forced perspective photography from travel destinations around the world.
Courtesy Alla Shubina
It took Samuel Jacques 30 tries and 45 minutes to create <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1183643">this shot </a>at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. A visual effects artist, "I was trying to get rid of all the small things that made the picture look fake," he said.
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It took Samuel Jacques 30 tries and 45 minutes to create this shot at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. A visual effects artist, "I was trying to get rid of all the small things that made the picture look fake," he said.
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Wedding photographer Daniel Stoychev was inspired to try his hand at forced perspective during a few of his <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1182497">engagement photo shoots</a> in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. "I mean who would refuse such a gift, the sun! I find it romantic and the women loved it," he said.
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Wedding photographer Daniel Stoychev was inspired to try his hand at forced perspective during a few of his engagement photo shoots in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. "I mean who would refuse such a gift, the sun! I find it romantic and the women loved it," he said.
Courtest Daniel Stoychev
After spending the afternoon watching planes descend at London's Heathrow Airport, Gary Mantile tried to "catch" a plane. Flickr member Lee Mackey directed Mantile on where to position his hand. It took five tries to master this <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1183904">feat of airplane wizardry</a>.
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After spending the afternoon watching planes descend at London's Heathrow Airport, Gary Mantile tried to "catch" a plane. Flickr member Lee Mackey directed Mantile on where to position his hand. It took five tries to master this feat of airplane wizardry.
Courtesy Lee Mackey
"Sometime in 2007, I came across a collection of photos where a person replaced famous landmarks with souvenirs or postcards in the foreground," says Ryan McFarland. He traveled to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru in Lima in 2009, where he <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1182281">matched up Peruvian money</a> to the bank.
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"Sometime in 2007, I came across a collection of photos where a person replaced famous landmarks with souvenirs or postcards in the foreground," says Ryan McFarland. He traveled to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru in Lima in 2009, where he matched up Peruvian mon