Skydiver and the sun

[89th]

You may have seen this photo going around lately. It's an amazing photo capturing a skydiver in front of a high-def sun. There is a video of how it was done, and it is indeed impressive. My next post will be why I'm a joykill.

Also if you search youtube for it, you'll see the AI or whatever robots posting the same damn video, screenshot, caption, and slightly different title about 20x in a row. Repetitive content tsunami has arrived, ugh.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=most+amazing+photo+sun+skydive

Reddit video where I first saw this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1ownnpy/the_fall_of_icarus_fabulous_photo_by_andrew_james/

Youtube videos about it:

Link to video

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The image:

[89th]

My killjoy...

It is manufactured. It absolutely involved photoshop. Yeah the sun is real. The skydiver is real. But it's a composite of at least 2 separate photographs, including the photoshopped removal of the light aircraft that was also in the shot.

Ok rant mostly over. I really dislike it when 2+ photos and "removal" editing is used to create "wow, the best single photo evah!"

[89th]

From reddit, at least someone agrees with me.

[89th]

I see the photographer was actually on reddit in a separate sub, looks like he calls it "a mosaic".

[89th]

The full photo, sorry, mosaic, is really awesome looking, though:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1ox6nzw/oc_i_captured_a_photo_of_my_friend_in_freefall_in/#lightbox

[Mik]

Mosaic is Greek for fake.

[Doctor Phibes]

You'll be telling me this is fake next

[89th]

Haha I mean if Peter Jackson said "check out the best documentary video I've ever taken!" I'd be like... sorry, precious.