Northpole.
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 17 June 2007
Sunset at the Nothpole
My Norwegian Aunt sent me this very lovely picture, and I hope its brings pleasure to all who see it...
Good night from Fredrik
My Norwegian Aunt sent me this very lovely picture, and I hope its brings pleasure to all who see it...
Good night from Fredrik
That is truly a beautiful picture. What I'm assuming is the Moon looks huge (unless it is some funny reflection). Must be closer by up there 
Ian
Ian
If you look closely, in the bay just to the right of the Sun, and squint ..
you can just make out, ...
...perhaps ...
...a polarbear!
I thought it had been quiet in here recently
you can just make out, ...
...perhaps ...
...a polarbear!
I thought it had been quiet in here recently
I saw this a few months ago, and whilst it's a lovely picture, unfortunately it's a fake. The sun and moon always look the same size in the sky (hence total eclipses), so there are no circumstances where the moon would look that big... 
Phil
Phil
Phil,
I wouldn't necessarily dismiss it as a fake, but as a tremendous use of post production. Using digital now allows you to alter images or merge segments of other images to startling effect.....but you have to be very competent to do so, as I'm finding out (trying to learn the more intermediate and advanced operations of photoshop! .
I'm also a bit of a purist when it comes to photography in that I prefer to get it the way i want in-camera so to speak, but that does not detract from the obvious beauty that is this picture.
All the best
Ryan
I wouldn't necessarily dismiss it as a fake, but as a tremendous use of post production. Using digital now allows you to alter images or merge segments of other images to startling effect.....but you have to be very competent to do so, as I'm finding out (trying to learn the more intermediate and advanced operations of photoshop!
.I'm also a bit of a purist when it comes to photography in that I prefer to get it the way i want in-camera so to speak, but that does not detract from the obvious beauty that is this picture.
All the best
Ryan
quote:Originally posted by Phil Cork:
The sun and moon always look the same size in the sky (hence total eclipses), so there are no circumstances where the moon would look that big...
Phil
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If you'd be looking through a toilet roll, or if you look at a photograph, the moon and the sun have about the same apparent size , around 30 minutes of arc. The apparent size of the moon varies most, over 10% during the month. The main effect can't be captured on camera because it's due to our minds playing tricks on us: the moon and the sun look much larger when they're near the horizon.quote:Originally posted by ryan_d:
Phil,
I wouldn't necessarily dismiss it as a fake, but as a tremendous use of post production. Using digital now allows you to alter images or merge segments of other images to startling effect.....but you have to be very competent to do so, as I'm finding out (trying to learn the more intermediate and advanced operations of photoshop!
I'm also a bit of a purist when it comes to photography in that I prefer to get it the way i want in-camera so to speak, but that does not detract from the obvious beauty that is this picture.
All the best
Ryan
Understood Ryan, I have a Nikon D200 and use Adobe Photoshop CS2 to edit my photographs. There is a difference however between enhancing photographs that you've taken in order to bring out the best in them, and copying in an element from a completely different picture to create something that is clearly not possible...
This 'picture' has been circulating on the web for some time, and is widely acknowledged as a 'fake'. However, as Fredrik says, it's eyecatching nonetheless.
Phil