http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/17/article-2249350-04FD7FE6000005DC-653_634x690.jpgThe man in yellow jacket certainly is tall and appears to be about 4 inches taller than Gerry.
The woman in red shoes is wearing highish heels so is probably no taller than Kate.
the woman in the foreground is decidedly shorter than Kate
1) She is wearing high heels and Kate rarely does,. This is probably because she is consciious of her height. My sister was very tall like Kate (5'10 ish) but she bucked the trend of tall women whom tend to wear flatties. She wore high heels and Damn it. Mind you, she trained on the catwalk to be a model and models were all tall in those days.
2) She is closest to the camera and perspective comes into the picture here. She will look bigger and taller because of that
3) It looks as though they are in a confined space, on a balcony? The camera is held very low down. Roughly in line with the thighs or maybe upper knee? A photograph taken from a close position and in an upwards direction will make the person/s nearest the camera look biggeer than they should do.
You are being taken in by an optical illusion Jassi. The woman in the forground is much smaller than Kate.
Now Gerry and the very tall man.The floor boarding tends to give another optical illusionn as to how far back Gerry and the man are standing. Had they run parallel to the frame of the picture then we could have used them as guidance, but they run away at an angle. Therefore we cannot.
The part that takes the weight and therefore the part that is likely to be most directly below the head is the front of the heel. The front of the foot merely mainly helps with balance imo. In order to measure how far back Gerry and the man are relative to each other, may i suggest that you use the frame of your computer screen as a horizontal guide.
Gently roll the picture down until the fronts of the heels of the two men are sitting on or near the frame of your screen;then you can judge who is closer to the camera. Same with height, gently roll the image up until the taller mans head just touches the upper frame of your screen. With both the foot positions and the head positions clearly defined relative to each other, now you are in a position to judge.
Well I made it that they are each almost the same distance from the camera. Gerry is possibly just a wee bit further back, but it is so slight that i think we can ignore that. I make the taller man 2-2.5 inches taller than Gerry.
What do you make it now that you will presumably be using the correct method?
