Coop is correct. Look at the guard. If the guard obscures the joint between blade and guard, then the camera is closer to the handle. If the joint is visible (or should be, but for shadow) then the camera is closer to the blade. When the camera is perfectly alligned in a verticle plane relative to the guard, and perpendicular to the blade, then perspective is accurate and neither blade nor handle will be exaggertated. But that usually means a boring picture, to my eye anyway. We often don't notice this phenomenon because we don't usually have different pictures of the same knife as is the case here.
Coop states that there is a 'problem' and I agree. The 'problem' is that my family does not appreciate that I AM A GREAT ARTIST! Therefore I am forced to work in a tiny little space in the basement. Positioning the lighting (I use softboxes, not strobes) is difficult. To get acceptable highlights and reflections is a challenge so sometimes I shoot in either 'portrait' or 'landscape' mode then rotate the image 90 degrees. I try not to let it show unless it enhances the image - which it can sometimes do by drawing the viewer's eye along a line through the image.
If my family recognized my true greatness I could set up my gear in some more suitable place in our home! I would also probably get to park my car in the garage in place of all those bicycles, skateboards, dog food and holiday decorations - and I would not have to mow the grass myself! Alas, they don't. All I get around here is what Chris Rock said the man of the house always gets, "The big piece of chicken." Yep, they always save the big piece of chicken for good old dad.
Mike has the whole bowie thing seriously dialed in.
