Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time

Post by dspig » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 11:10 AM UTC

vidarh wrote: post #55

OJFord wrote: post #45

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It's made more remarkable IMO that they were two _professional_ photographers though, and that it's not just two snaps that happen to have the same timestamp, they both chose that moment to feature from the burst they probably took around that moment, the hundreds of other moments in proximity, and the thousands (I suppose? I'm no photographer) they each took throughout the day.

It's made more likely that they (when there's first an overlap in their shooting) would select the same picture by virtue of getting roughly the same shots and their shots being likely to have many of the same qualities. Chances are they'll value many of the same qualities and so would at least exclude shots of many of the same moments for the same reasons. That they're professional photographers might reduce the odd…

Post by mseebach » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 11:20 AM UTC

nolok wrote: post #80

cozzyd wrote: post #18

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Post by teel » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 11:53 AM UTC

hamoid wrote: post #74

In 2006 I shot a different kind of coincidence that made me wonder about the uniqueness of our actions: 10 minutes apart, two unknown men walking on a street, both with jeans, black jackets, white hoodie/cap, black shoes, the same leg in front and with their feet on the same spots on the ground: https://hamoid.com/post/2006-07-dimensions-of-the-city/ (photos #7 and #8)

Post by gpvos » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 11:56 AM UTC

bschwindHN wrote: post #78

gpvos wrote: post #47

I find it fascinating that the waves look so different when photographed from a slightly different position. Maybe the waves also change faster than the spray around the lighthouse?

The closer you are to something, the more quickly it appears to "move" when you shift your viewing position. The waves are much closer than the lighthouse so as you move left or right, their perceived position moves more quickly than the lighthouse. I guess the technical term is parallax?

Post by mannykannot » Thu, Mar 08, 2018, 12:07 PM UTC

JepZ wrote: post #71

I wonder why they had to look at the iron bars to find the difference in position. If you look at the waves in the foreground the difference is very obvious. Nevertheless, quite cool incident. Not just that they took a very similar photo, but also that they found out that they did.