Photography and illustration talk, Part 9: Perspective and scale bars

March 6, 2014

Illustration talk slide 39

Illustration talk slide 40

Illustration talk slide 41

Illustration talk slide 42

Illustration talk slide 43

The Sauroposeidon stuff is cribbed from this post. For the pros and cons of scale bars in figures, see the comment thread after this post. MYDD is, of course, a thing now.

Previous posts in this series.

Reference:

Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2013. Neural spine bifurcation in sauropod dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation: ontogenetic and phylogenetic implications. Palarch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 10(1): 1-34. ISSN 1567-2158.

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2 Responses to “Photography and illustration talk, Part 9: Perspective and scale bars”

  1. Wild Proboscidea in Oklahoma | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week Says:

    March 20, 2016 at 10:59 pm

    […] didn’t put any scale bars in these photos – I should have, despite their inherent dangers – but if you’re curious, this particular seed pod is almost exactly 12cm tall, wide, […]

  2. Arm lizard | Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week Says:

    December 16, 2019 at 9:24 am

    […] 188cm, but I’m standing a bit forward of the mount so I’m an imperfect scale bar (like all scale bars!). For another view of the same mount from five years ago, see this […]


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