Now and then, it’s good for us all to shake up our perspective. We each have our own unique lenses formed through various experiences – but this list of side-by-side comparison photos might make you look at the world differently.
Sure we have all seen before-and-after pictures, maybe between old and young or weight loss, but these aren’t the only awe-inspiring cool photos. What about different locations during different seasons? Or size comparisons of creatures and their anatomy? Or even some good stories with rough starts and the best possible outcomes? This Bored Panda interesting things round-up will include all of these and more, and it is sure to challenge your perspective. Don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
#1 Then And Now: Cancer Patient vs. Cancer Survivor
Image source: Batson Children’s hospital
#2 The Day After Asher Was Adopted In 2012 vs. Today
Image source: EricaH121
#3 A Friend On Facebook Shared This Slide From Her Class. The Difference Between Urban, Suburban, And Rural
Image source: jrpolenik
#4 Chinese Explorer Zheng He’s Ship Compared To Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria. They Both Lived In The Same Era
Image source: pumpychowdown
#5 Ski Trail Sign In Summer vs. In Winter
Image source: Neieric6
#6 We Have Two Skinny Cats, And One Fat One
Image source: reddit.com
#7 The Difference 11 Days Can Make For This Maple Tree
Image source: LazuliBunting32
#8 B2 Stealth Bomber Compared To A Falcon
Image source: icookcode
#9 My Wife’s Face On Our Wedding Day Compared To When She Met Rob
Image source: TheNervousPoops
#10 Movie vs. Real Life
Image source: cecibm007
#11 Size Comparison Of My Maine Coon To My American Shorthair
Image source: DefinitelyAverage
#12 My Brother And His Friend, Both Age 13. We Loved The Difference In Height
Image source: elleynads
#13 The Size Of A Tornado Compared To The Size Of Wind Turbines
Image source: chakalakasp
#14 At The Beach vs. Cleaning Feet After
Image source: JubJab123
#15 Coming Home vs. Leaving
Image source: imgur.com
#16 Smoker vs. Non-Smoker
Image source: Nevermind73
#17 Barcelona During The Day vs. During The Night
Image source: HDphoto
#18 Graphics Then vs. Graphics Now
Image source: HunsGraber
#19 Nearly 25 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, The Difference In Types Of Light Bulbs Can Still Be Seen From Space
Image source: TheOtherS1de
#20 Shark’s Brain vs. Dolphin’s Brain
Image source: PaviliaBay
#21 World’s Smallest Computer Compared To A Grain Of Rice
Image source: elee0228
#22 Fluffy Corgi vs. Regular Coat
Image source: Shippo & Koga Corgis
#23 Human Skeleton Compared To Gorilla Skeleton
Image source: Sapientiam
#24 We Live Next To The Ocean, Here’s The Comparison Between The Outside And Inside Doorknob
Image source: mariobros237
#25 Eagle Claws Are Pretty Big Even In Comparison With Mammalian Predators
Image source: Palana
#26 Microscopic Look At Bee Stinger vs. Needle
#27 You Can See The Difference Between The Tap Water And The Sparkling Water That I Poured Over It
Image source: menix
#28 The Difference Between A Norwegian Soldier 75 Years Ago And Today
Image source: fiftyfiive
#29 Japan’s Highest Bridge’s Height Is Compared To Godzilla
Image source: notneededjunk
#30 Before And After Comparison Pics Of A Street In Surf City, NC After Florence
Image source: GieTheBawTaeReilly
#31 My Jeans vs. My Wife’s Jeans. I’m 6’ 3”and She’s 5’ 2”
Image source: Funkytown1177
#32 Whenever Somebody Posts A Photo Of The Milky Way, People Invariably Ask “Is That How You See It With The Naked Eye?”. Here’s A Representation Of What You Do See Compared To What Comes Out Of The Camera
This photo was taken at the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia, the moon had just set below the horizon and the core of the Milky Way was rising towards the east and was at about 40 degrees. This obviously isn’t a perfect representation but it’s pretty close. You won’t see any color as our eyes can’t determine color very well in low light.
The photo you see on the left is directly out of the camera, no post processing has been done at all and you can see quite a bit of green towards the horizon and some orange and magenta hues in the core. My camera’s white balance was set to auto and this is a 30 second exposure. ISO was set at 3200 and aperture was f2.8.
edit Ok it seems some people are able to distinguish color in the Milky Way and some aren’t. Though it’s more common to not see any color. I did quite a bit of research and almost every time this question was posed, people had varying views on what they could and couldn’t see. No color – some color – lots of color. So I came to the conclusion that there are just too many variables to accurately depict what you can see, you can only approximate what the average person can see. Yes, some will see it more vividly, some will see it less vividly but the average person will see it similarly to what I showed in my photo. Oh and of course the location plays a large factor………not everybody is able to sail 100 miles off shore to get the absolute best view possible so it’s a bit pointless to use that as the standard bearer :) One other factor you should bear in mind is the technology we choose to portray these images on. Computer monitors. Again there are way too many variables at play here, especially when it comes to contrast and brightness. What I see on my computer monitor is most likely to be different to what another person sees.
Image source: inefekt69
#33 Earth Compared To Its Water And Air
Image source: ourplnt
#34 Stairs Built In 1829 vs. 2005
Image source: Jack_Enoff
#35 View From My House Of California Normal vs. California With Fires
Image source: sklein9
#36 My Mom’s Phone From 1998 vs. My Phone From 2018
Image source: jakecc_
#37 ‘Chernobyl’ Actors vs. The Real-Life People They Played
Image source: Bored panda
#38 The Comparison Of Right Handed And Left Handed People At My High School
Image source: haze_rod
#39 $10 vs. $400 Lightsaber
Image source: Kable12
#40 Shoe That Is On The Longboard vs. The Shoe That Does All The Pushing
Image source: FuriousFighter13
#41 Ken 1985 vs. Ken 2018
Image source: sum1otherthanme
#42 The Tan Of My Hand Compared To My Foot
Image source: MadoneXI
#43 My Mood Every Day During 2018 Compared To 2017
Image source: MyUsernameIsNotCool
#44 Size Of The Moon Compared To USA
Image source: JohnDoe045
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