People are questioning photos showing crowded public places, saying basic camera tricks are making it look like people are ignoring social distancing orders

Surfers walk along the reopened Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on April 28, 2020.Loren Elliott/Reuters

• People are calling out photos circulating online that appear to show people not adhering to social distancing measures in public.
• They say that carefully-chosen angles and camera lenses are creating an illusion that people are standing close together when they actually aren't.
• Photographers and news outlets are also publishing side-by-side photos to show how easily images can be manipulated.
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As the world continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing has become as important as ever.

Many photos circulating online have appeared to show people not adhering to social distancing measures in public, prompting criticism.

But now, some of those photos are being called out for being misleading.

Social media users, as well as a Danish news website, are attributing this to simple photography tricks: using a different camera lens to make it look like people are not social distancing, even though they are.

Scroll down to see how some photos of people supposedly breaking coronavirus guidelines can be deceptive.