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Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by sneak »

great_psy wrote: post #3

In a way this says something about human brains. Presumably both people took many pictures of many waves that day, but somehow both of them decided that this is the one that is the best from that trip. As humans we share a similar metric for beauty. I find this idea simultaneously obviously and amazing.

I think rather than "a similar metric for beauty" that the art of taking photos for retouching and posting on the internet for strangers is such a generally stale and predictable form.

I'm a visual artist and I'm so over the standard "internet photographer" look. Who takes pictures of lighthouses? It's so boring.

It's always people in the same demographic doing it, too. Give me some variety. Formulaic art is uninspiring.

Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by Agentlien »

interestica wrote: post #58
dogman1050 wrote: post #9

This is great! When I look at each picture with one eye simultaneously, I see the image in 3d.

Pro tip: this is also how you can quickly solve those "whats different between these images" puzzles.

I wonder how widespread this understanding is.

I figured it out a few years ago, but haven't heard anyone else mention it. It's a really cool hack.

Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by Arainach »

sneak wrote: post #61
great_psy wrote: post #3

In a way this says something about human brains. Presumably both people took many pictures of many waves that day, but somehow both of them decided that this is the one that is the best from that trip. As humans we share a similar metric for beauty. I find this idea simultaneously obviously and amazing.

I think rather than "a similar metric for beauty" that the art of taking photos for retouching and posting on the internet for strangers is such a generally stale and predictable form. I'm a visual artist and I'm so over the standard "internet photographer" look. Who takes pictures of lighthouses? It's so boring. It's always people in the same demographic doing it, too. Give me some variety. Formulaic art is uninspir…

Claiming that only unique or original things are good is toxic to growth and the development of culture.

Saying "who takes pictures of lighthouses" is like saying "who writes their own [editor/operating system/firewall/whatever], there are already dozens of great ones".

People get better by doing, and if they never did anything that had already been done they'd never be any good at all.

Besides, Lighthouses are cool and pictures of them are pleasant.

Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by behringer »

tetris11 wrote: post #19
alex_duf wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can also cross your eyes such that each image overlaps each other to get a persistent 3D representation

I could hold of for a few seconds, but my eyes kept rejecting the image. It's like they somehow knew that they were more than the usual spacing apart (if that matters, for stereoscopic images?)

nope it doesn't matter. It is known to cause motion sickness in VR, but as for viewing photos, any amount of separation works as long as the subject and details have a relatively narrow angle opposing each other all the way from the bottom to the top. The very close waves for example are probably simply too far apart compared to the waves in the background, but everything else is great in this set of photos.

Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by behringer »

jpc0 wrote: post #25
alex_duf wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can also cross your eyes such that each image overlaps each other to get a persistent 3D representation

i just want to say thanks for pointing this out. New found possible love, stereoscopic photography. Honestly the stereoscopic effect is absolutely beautiful, even more so that each individual photo

You'll love it. There's dozens of us. Reach out if you want to learn a bit more!

Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by demondemidi »

sneak wrote: post #61
great_psy wrote: post #3

In a way this says something about human brains. Presumably both people took many pictures of many waves that day, but somehow both of them decided that this is the one that is the best from that trip. As humans we share a similar metric for beauty. I find this idea simultaneously obviously and amazing.

I think rather than "a similar metric for beauty" that the art of taking photos for retouching and posting on the internet for strangers is such a generally stale and predictable form. I'm a visual artist and I'm so over the standard "internet photographer" look. Who takes pictures of lighthouses? It's so boring. It's always people in the same demographic doing it, too. Give me some variety. Formulaic art is uninspir…

It’s like Fry said: “ Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make them feel scared.”

You’re right, but no one likes to be told their taste is banal. And that’s like 80% of the population.

Re: Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)

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Post by prmoustache »

drewtato wrote: post #29

Reading the title, I thought it would be this photo, which memed around Japan internet recently: https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuter... These two exposures surely overlapped, with the known photo probably exposing for tens of milliseconds on either side of the flash, but the lighthouse exposures might not have overlapped at all, yet captured a far more exact slice of time regardless.

Would you be so kind to share the context of that picture?
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