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Stairs from the landing above

Nine steps descending away from a camera 3.2 m up on the landing, tilted 30° down, with a wall on one side and a figure at the bottom, 24 mm.

Stairs from the landing above: Nine steps descending away from a camera 3.2 m up on the landing, tilted 30° down, with a wall on one side and a figure at the bottom, 24 mm.
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What to look at

From above, the treads show their whole top surface and the risers almost disappear: the opposite of the view from the bottom.

The nosings still lie on one straight line, now running down to a vanishing point below the picture, near the third point the walls' verticals lean toward.

The figure at the foot of the stairs is 4.6 m away and below the camera, so the horizon (above the frame) is far over its head: every part of it is seen from above.

The camera

Lens24 mm on full frame
Camera height3.2 m above the floor (elevated)
Rotation18° to the scene's axes
Tilt30° down (three vanishing points)
Objectsbox 1.4 × 0.3 × 1.53 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 1.36 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 1.19 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 1.02 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 0.85 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 0.68 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 0.5099999999999998 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 0.33999999999999986 m · box 1.4 × 0.3 × 0.16999999999999993 m · box 0.1 × 3.4 × 3 m · figure 1.75 m
Floor1 m squares

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