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Old 09-28-2013, 12:09 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Yup, all it is is a zoom, no trick to it. Here is an example posted by BCB by Justin Terveen a few pages back. In this picture you can see Fort Worth to the right of the bridge. If you can see Fort Worth from Dallas then it's no surprise if you can see Dallas from Fort Worth.
Uh, the trick would be the zoom.

 
Old 09-28-2013, 12:15 PM
 
Location: The Mid-Cities
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Uh, the trick would be the zoom.
Yes they zoomed in to take these pictures. But zoom does not equal photoshop like you were claiming.
 
Old 09-28-2013, 12:22 PM
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Since when was zoom artificial? It's amazing how desperate some are to discredit others.
 
Old 09-28-2013, 12:35 PM
 
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Since when was zoom artificial? It's amazing how desperate some are to discredit others.
They just wanted to know why it was so clear and detailed. It does not look like that in person without using something to zoom in on it. You can zoom in on any skyline from miles 30 miles away as long as there are no geographical obstacles in the way. The answer for them should have been obvious though.
 
Old 09-28-2013, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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They just wanted to know why it was so clear and detailed. It does not look like that in person without using something to zoom in on it. You can zoom in on any skyline from miles 30 miles away as long as there are no geographical obstacles in the way. The answer for them should have been obvious though.
Yeah but as any amateur astronomer knows, when you're peering through enough atmosphere, it diffracts some of the light and the picture starts to get blurry when zoomed in. That's why it's best to look at objects overhead rather than just above the horizon. Maybe this is what they're referring to. (Though maybe I'm giving them too much credit.) I'm not doubting the picture myself, but I am somewhat surprised that it's as sharp as it is considering how much air is in the way and that the air here isn't very clean. I'm guessing he has a hell of a lens and it was a particularly clear day.
 
Old 09-28-2013, 01:01 PM
 
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Yeah but as any amateur astronomer knows, when you're peering through enough atmosphere, it diffracts some of the light and the picture starts to get blurry when zoomed in. That's why it's best to look at objects overhead rather than just above the horizon. Maybe this is what they're referring to. (Though maybe I'm giving them too much credit.) I'm not doubting the picture myself, but I am somewhat surprised that it's as sharp as it is considering how much air is in the way and that the air here isn't very clean. I'm guessing he has a hell of a lens and it was a particularly clear day.
Just a good enough quality camera with the right conditions and the sun being hindered. Many posters here probably go to skyscraperpage/city so I am not sure why the picture would be questioned. Most of us here have seen many skyline pics from around the world.

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Old 09-28-2013, 06:08 PM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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He obviously has a very nice lense/camera. As they noted, ft worth is hillier than Dallas and higher up. When i was at the observation deck of JP Morgan one clear day you could see a large industrial plant on the horizon to the south/southwest that is supposably around Sweeney, like 50 miles away. Just as you can see downtown from virtually every overpass outside of the city but can't see it very we'll when your on the flat ground
 
Old 09-28-2013, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Just a good enough quality camera with the right conditions and the sun being hindered. Many posters here probably go to skyscraperpage/city so I am not sure why the picture would be questioned. Most of us here have seen many skyline pics from around the world.
With emphasis on the conditions... I doubt my 8" light bucket could resolve that much detail on an average day. If I'm ever able to take it up into one of those skyscrapers, I'll find out.
 
Old 09-29-2013, 08:11 AM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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But how do you zero in on downtown while still keeping the foreground in the frame? He has as much detail below him as he does 30 miles away. I didn't know cameras could do that.
 
Old 09-29-2013, 01:01 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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But how do you zero in on downtown while still keeping the foreground in the frame? He has as much detail below him as he does 30 miles away. I didn't know cameras could do that.
I'm guessing it's all so far away the focus is insignificant, just like how you don't need to refocus if you pan from Jupiter to the Pinwheel Galaxy even though the latter is millions of times as far away. The focus is inversely proportional to the distance of the object and eventually everything is so close to 0, they're all well-enough in focus at the same time.
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