Beautiful. This is the first time I've ever wanted to visit Vietnam.
New cave found in Vietnam: "A skyscraper could fit"
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#12I wonder how they took the pictures. Was there enough light in the cave thru some holes in the ceiling? Did they install huge lamps or did they use a very long exposure (seems unlikely by looking at the people). either way stunning and surreal photographs!
For long exposures, depending on the exposure time, the people could just walk away to avoid excessive ghosts. In one of the pictures (7th pic), one could see a translucent backpack, which in fact suggests long exposure.
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#13Isn't this part of the plot of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon?
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#14Isn't this part of the plot of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
Close enough. :)
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#15I wonder how they took the pictures. Was there enough light in the cave thru some holes in the ceiling? Did they install huge lamps or did they use a very long exposure (seems unlikely by looking at the people). either way stunning and surreal photographs!
I think a really bright flash is sufficient.
Not for that sort of size. Light intensity drops at inverse square of distance, reflected light intensity falls off at up to 1/r^4. I suspect a combination of massive floodlights and long/multiple exposure.
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#16Even after reading the text version, wondering how come these caves were not discovered before, especially after such a military focus on the region.
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#17I wonder how they took the pictures. Was there enough light in the cave thru some holes in the ceiling? Did they install huge lamps or did they use a very long exposure (seems unlikely by looking at the people). either way stunning and surreal photographs!
Different techniques depending on the photo, but for any of the shots with vegetation you know there is decent light at least some of the day.
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#18That's gorgeous. Reminds me of the kind of scenes you see in adventuring video games, only more intricate.
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#20Beautiful. This is the first time I've ever wanted to visit Vietnam.
It's a beautiful country. You should definitely visit. I lived there in the 80's and driving from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi and back was quite a fabulous journey