Why are selfies uglier than mirrors?

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The photos taken by the camera will change the perspective effect because of the focal length of the lens, resulting in distortion. For example, a wide-angle lens will aggravate the effect of near-big and far-small, making the part close to the lens appear exaggerated.

Whether it's a selfie or a photographer's photo, it's much uglier than looking in the mirror. I'll tell you why it's more real in the mirror. As long as your mirror is flat, not a haha mirror. You must have a mirror at home. You think it's the best, because that mirror has the best light. If you want to know who you really are, you should look in the mirror from more angles and in different light.

All cameras have lens distortion, especially the card machine, which is obvious, such as barrel distortion at the wide-angle end and pillow distortion at the telephoto end. Most people don't take photos specially, but when they turn on the camera, they are usually at the wide-angle end, so the photos they take are barrel-shaped, and look shorter than real people, with a big face and a big nose.

Of course, a photographer will be more beautiful than himself if he uses a good lens with small distortion, a good camera, a suitable focal length and a good light angle. But most people's daily photos are uglier than real people.

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The art of taking pictures

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