Use this tag when the [[perspective]] of a picture appears to draw the viewer's eye towards a central point.  An example might be a city street as seen from the center of the road.

Convergence of the background of an image towards a single point is the key.  Do not confuse this for any use of [[perspective]] -- e.g., most [[checkered floor|checkered floors]]. For example, post #140887 just has [[perspective]], but post #1341879 has a [[vanishing point]].

It is possible for an image to contain multiple vanishing points, especially if you're viewing a scene from an angle. See, e.g. post #1312088.

This is an artistic technique, so don't bother with images with a [[photo background]] unless it's a major focus of the image. One can assume nature gets it right.

h4.  See also

* [[fisheye]]
* [[perspective]]
* [[scenery]]
* [[Tag group:Image composition]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Vanishing point":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_point
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