September 30, 2008: False Kiva

SPUCK · 09-30-2008, 05:25 AM

I'm with spode. I think there has been some uh tweaking here.. That Milky Way is way over the top.. One can say, "yes that was just The Picture", but then overlay 20 of the same picture and say "yeah but it wasn't Photoshopped".

If it was just film then it was hypered film.

glatt · 09-30-2008, 08:56 AM

It looks like a composite image to me. I don't doubt that if you were there, looking at the scene with your naked eye, it would look a lot like this picture. But cameras aren't as flexible as our eyes when it comes to adjusting for exposure. With a camera, when you expose one part of a picture properly, other parts of it will either be over or under exposed. I think this is either tweaked in photoshop to make the night sky brighter, or it is two pictures taken one right after the other but exposed differently and then stitched together. Much like HDR photography.

Awesome image though.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2008, 09:41 AM

The wonders of the night sky are out there every night and you can't see them... neener neener neener.
signed, The Third World.

09-30-2008, 09:41 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The wonders of the night sky are out there every night and you can't see them... neener neener neener. signed, The Third World. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-30-2008, 05:25 AM	#1
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	I'm with spode. I think there has been some uh tweaking here.. That Milky Way is way over the top.. One can say, "yes that was just The Picture", but then overlay 20 of the same picture and say "yeah but it wasn't Photoshopped". If it was just film then it was hypered film.

09-30-2008, 08:56 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It looks like a composite image to me. I don't doubt that if you were there, looking at the scene with your naked eye, it would look a lot like this picture. But cameras aren't as flexible as our eyes when it comes to adjusting for exposure. With a camera, when you expose one part of a picture properly, other parts of it will either be over or under exposed. I think this is either tweaked in photoshop to make the night sky brighter, or it is two pictures taken one right after the other but exposed differently and then stitched together. Much like HDR photography. Awesome image though.

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