Re: Stretch and squash

[P3D Morris M. Keesan <keesan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Bercovitz? said
>>Stretch (viewing from too far away) can be used for effect.  As an
>>example, you might have a giraffe with his head and neck coming through
>>the window.  It might be fun to stretch his neck out for emphasis.
>> 
>>Squash (viewing from too close up) can also be used for effect.  You 
>>might want to take an airplane nose on and squash it to make it look 
>>funny.
 
Then Greg Kane (PgWhacker@xxxxxxx) said
>  Can anyone fill in the details behind stretch and squash, or suggest a 
>book that does.

and George A. Themelis waid:
>The best demonstration for me is changing the distance to the image while
>viewing anaglyph or freevieing or viewing a projection w/polarizing
>glasses.

But how can I, as the photographer, create this effect?  I can't very well tell
the viewer to move further away from the screen.  Is this just a matter of
using different focal length lenses?  If so, this means that it's a technique
not available to the user of a Realist or other fixed-lens camera, right?
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