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:

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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.

[jon-nyc]

Even if it’s real it doesn’t top the photo of me parasailing in Puerto Vallarta with one of the Ninja Turtles.

[jon-nyc]

I think I’ve posted it here before. My one time ever parasailing, 1994 in Puerto Vallarta. My girlfriend at the time took my picture and didn’t realize it but in the frame was a plastic ninja turtle with a parachute on a string that some guy was selling on the beach.

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Skydiver and the sun:

Even if it’s real it doesn’t top the photo of me parasailing in Puerto Vallarta with one of the Ninja Turtles.

Hahahaha that is awesome

[jon-nyc]

It is. And of course totally unplanned.

Remember we didn’t even see it until two weeks later when we got home and had the film developed.