Making my way downtown

Last month, I spent my holidays in Japan with my boyfriend. A couple of days before Christmas, we hit the road and went to Tokyo to go to Sanrio Puroland (Yes, someone was coerced to go!).

This was a picture I took on the way to Tokyo. Motion parallax occurs when objects that are nearby appear to glide rapidly past as while objects farther away appear to move more slowly (Goldstein, 2010). If you notice -- the blur on the truck is greater than that of objects near the horizon (the bridge, the billboard sign...).

Furthermore, it illustrates perspective convergence. It's when parallel lines are perceived as converging as distance increases (Goldstein, 2010).