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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: photomanipulation
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:31:50 GMT
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- In <1992Nov19.001241.25348@bony1.bony.com> jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni) writes:
-
- >In the NY City subway system, there has been an ad by The Discovery
- >Channel with a photo of 2 guys in a Kayak, apparently right next to
- >the tail fin of a submerging whale, with the caption "Get This Close".
-
- >It's a pretty good picture except that the trees in the background and
- >the flatness of the water make me feel that there was no whale in the
- >original image and that it is made up of more than one image. But I
- >must say, it does look good; it's just not right.
-
- I've seen the same picture (probably) in a book on nature photography.
- Assuming it is the same picture, it's real all right, but it was shot
- with a long telephoto lens. The boat and the whale were not nearly as
- close as they appear.
-