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POINTLESS THREAD III: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN AGAIN
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: BeoPuppy on 27 Jun 2013, 02:34 ---http://www.geekologie.com/2012/04/get-back-in-the-water-hovering-boat-opti.php
Probably not a 'shop. Might be, though.
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Actually, for me that link shows that it is shopped. In the second photo in the link, you see the hull of the boat in the clear water, but in the first one, you don't - you see a line cropped to look like a water line. Also, you see no sign of ripples around the boat. Finally, if the boat's shadow is so clear, where is the shadow of the swimmer?
Mind you, I find the angle of the boat in the second link unconvincing too, and also the part of the boat under the water doesn't have any distortion from the waves like the shadow below has - so I reckon that's shopped too.
The silly thing is that it's probably possible to get a startling enough picture along those lines in real life, which would actually be more impressive.
KingOfIreland:
Those were my thoughts exactly. I based my assumption off the fact that the anchor line isn't visible from the moment it hits the water, mostly, and the lack of other shadows.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: KingOfIreland on 27 Jun 2013, 04:15 --- the anchor line isn't visible from the moment it hits the water,
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Actually it is, with the marked change of apparent angle that you'd expect; that was something that made me hesitate for a moment.
KingOfIreland:
Ah, I didn't see it, had to turn the contrast on my monitor up a bit.
Carl-E:
...which is what convinced me it's real. Also, the swimmer's shadow is right below the swimmer, but being much smaller, the shadow's more diffused by the water, and well hidden by the bright spots of reflected sun.
In the second pic from the link, you'll notice that the side of the hull's cut straight off by the calm water, except at the stern which has a drastically different angle. The water's doing the same thing in the original posted one, cutting the view of the hull at the water's edge (this is a very flat-bottomed type boat, which helps that to happen).
It's just what happens on an incredibly bright day in incredibly clear water. I find it interesting that people are more comfortable assuming it's elaborately photoshopped...
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