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Old June 7th 21, 04:59 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Wide-angle shot up a tree wows mouth-breathers

On 07/06/2021 11:45, Mike Headon wrote:
On 06/06/2021 11:16, Alfred Molon wrote:
Am 06.06.2021 um 12:12 schrieb Alfred Molon:
Am 06.06.2021 um 02:13 schrieb RichA:
"Duh, how'd they do that?"
Not to say the picture is bad, just well...

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-57335458

Seems he used a fisheye lens, judging from the curvature of the
ground, which means he must have been very close to the orang utan,
maybe even a metre or less.

Perhaps he put the camera on the ground looking upwards and then used
a remote control to activate the shutter?
And guessing more, perhaps he put some food next to the camera, to
lure the monkey down from the tree?


Replying to myself, in the article he writes this is a reflection in a
pond, camera pointed downwards. But it still looks like a very wide
angle shot, so the camera must have been very close to the monkey.


Don't let the Librarian hear you calling it a monkey!


The Librarian is known for his violent reaction whenever he hears anyone
refer to him as a "monkey" (orang-utans are apes).

It? I don't think Dr. Worblehat would like that. Probably capable of
tearing your head off if you upset him.

For those of you sadly unaware of him:
https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Librarian
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Peter