Arse or Photoshop

Enforcer-J · Post by **Enforcer-J** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:39 pm

Now this is one of the coolest photos I've ever seen feturing a lightning storm, fireworks and mcnaughts comet on a perth beach in Australia day this year, but is it for real or a photoshop job?

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:45 pm

its gotta be photoshop.. way to big light range to be one shot.

Post by **Bauer** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:48 pm

ive seen it before - work email in late january - and was told the same story as to when and where it was taken. So maybe it is real, amybe it isnt

Post by **Shonky** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:02 pm

Could be a stitch of 3 separate shots at the same place.

Post by **Big Kev** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:10 pm

The water reflection of the lightening doesn't seem to 'reflect' the light producing it.

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:36 pm

got a high res shot?, make a nice wallpaper

tehsid · Post by **tehsid** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:48 pm

That shot was in the news paper a while back..

NFI if its real.

c.j · Post by **c.j** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:07 pm

anyway to find out what beach?

I have heaps of mates in WA who head to the beach on aus day, i could ask... maybe someone was there

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:08 am

I would say its a HDR image (High Dynamic Range) which is basically taking 1 over exposed 1 normal exposed and 1 under exposed shot of the same scene and then merging them together to form one image with correctly exposed highlights and shadows.

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:22 am

Found this

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070205.html

matticooper · Post by **matticooper** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:52 am

It's not real.. had one of our PS lads over my shoulder when I opened the page and he looked at it for 2 mins and said Photochopped. The Lightning is what gave it away... there's not enough relfection from the light that it's producing....

nice link there Big Kev... some awesome shots in there.

Peptis · Post by **Peptis** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:03 am

From: Astronomy Picture of the Day

Explanation: Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The photogenic comet was so bright that it even remained visible though the din of Earthly flashes. Comet McNaught continues to move out from the Sun and dim, but should remain visible in southern skies with binoculars through the end of this month. The above image is actually a three photograph panorama digitally processed to reduce red reflections from the exploding firework.

matticooper · Post by **matticooper** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:42 am

Peptis wrote:From: Astronomy Picture of the Day

Explanation: Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The photogenic comet was so bright that it even remained visible though the din of Earthly flashes. Comet McNaught continues to move out from the Sun and dim, but should remain visible in southern skies with binoculars through the end of this month. The above image is actually a three photograph panorama digitally processed to reduce red reflections from the exploding firework.

Gusto · Post by **Gusto** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:48 pm

Here's one photo of the lightning

http://jkemppainen.com/antti/index.php? ... uspva9.jpg

Post by **Big Kev** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:02 pm

There's a difference between photoshopped for lighting/effect and actually several different photos stitched together.

It's photoshopped in that he's adjusted the light but all the things were photographed in the same place at the same time.

Post by **norbs** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:14 pm

I have always suspected it to be dodgey. Look at the reflection in the middle of the photo just above the people on the beach.

Post by **Shonky** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:47 pm

After having a closer look you can actually see partially cloned out people right along the shoreline which is more showing than the incorrect reflection. Right in the middle of the shot there are ghosts.

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:50 pm

i thinks that's due to the long exposure. They open the shutter, people start moving about and then it looks all weird by the time the shutter closes. It's a cool shot no doubt, but looks like a panorama stitch up.

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:00 pm

If its a stitched Panorama, that should not discount it as a photograph. Not many people have access to a Panoramic camera and as far as I know, there arn't any digital panoramic cameras.

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:09 pm

but there's panorama software

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:33 pm

thats a pretty flawless merge there woodsy....... or you been cloning again, and i really hope that aint the case, cos that sheep u sold me the other day blew up mid stroke.

Gusto · Post by **Gusto** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:58 am

Hz-Lab wrote:thats a pretty flawless merge there woodsy....... or you been cloning again, and i really hope that aint the case, cos that sheep u sold me the other day blew up mid stroke.

If woodsy's fence is curved, then it'd be flawless (except that the tiles show where the merge was)

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:59 pm

i refuse to believe there is a single tile in that picture

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:13 pm

or i have twins

Gusto · Post by **Gusto** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:58 am

*plastic sheet wall with what looks like tiles on it