Response to Weight (Response #11)

Uploaded 862 Days Ago by mmehl - 8 comments

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nattfodd said 862 days ago:

o_O This can't be a real photo! To my knowledge, birds don't fly at the same altitudes than planes, and I don't see any "trace" from the plane, it really looks like you copied/pasted it from another photo... Is that the case? If not, I'd be very curious to know the circumstances of the shot!

mmehl said 862 days ago:

Well, it's actually real. ;-)

It's taken from top of Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro; from that point, you are above the path, which planes use to prepare for landing on the near airport; you can already see the wheels of the plane; it just about one or two minutes away from the runway, which is located directly at the sea. And of course there are also birds flying around Sugar Loaf.

Ana said 862 days ago:

this is really great! love the composition!

aedmonds said 861 days ago:

Great capture. Lots going on here thematically. Would love to here about how you shot this image.

pointnshoot said 858 days ago:

Mission Accomplished!!!

Jeff said 854 days ago:

Very nice capture! ...and well photographed from a technical point of view, too.

gorin-images said 847 days ago:

Glad I checked back to read the comments on this!! I was wondering how you did it...and interestingly, my initial impression was that this shot was an original capture and NOT created in Photoshop....I just had no idea where you could be positioned to capture such an image. You must have been using a serious telephoto to get that close to the plane and for such compression of the bird-to-plane-distance!! Very cool result.

uvikidd said 847 days ago:

I am still don't believe this picture was made by your camera. The size of airplane and the bird doesn't sinkron/match of sea size. Would you tell us the EXIF data's of this picture also the camera and lens specification.

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