Stuffed anteater or not?
Discussion
It is a flash plus time exposure.
It looks very much like the stuffed one, mostly when you consider that he could have borrowed the stuffed one, placed it there and ruffled the fur a bit. For me it is the pose rather than the markings that make it look the same.
However, if you do an image search for anteaters you'll see plenty that look similar...
I guess somebody needs to find the non-stuffed one that looks like that.
It looks very much like the stuffed one, mostly when you consider that he could have borrowed the stuffed one, placed it there and ruffled the fur a bit. For me it is the pose rather than the markings that make it look the same.
However, if you do an image search for anteaters you'll see plenty that look similar...
I guess somebody needs to find the non-stuffed one that looks like that.
shortar53 said:
30s exposure... the anteater is way too sharp to have 'wandered' into shot
The theory is that motion would have been frozen by the flash.I don't know how fast anteaters move but over 30 secs I'd expect to see some ghosting from the anteater and light trails from the beetles, so I'm leaning towards fake.
Simpo Two said:
shortar53 said:
30s exposure... the anteater is way too sharp to have 'wandered' into shot
The theory is that motion would have been frozen by the flash.I don't know how fast anteaters move but over 30 secs I'd expect to see some ghosting from the anteater and light trails from the beetles, so I'm leaning towards fake.
The anteater and the grass etc get captured by the flash
At least theyve agreed it wasnt photoshopped
Simpo Two said:
shortar53 said:
30s exposure... the anteater is way too sharp to have 'wandered' into shot
The theory is that motion would have been frozen by the flash.I don't know how fast anteaters move but over 30 secs I'd expect to see some ghosting from the anteater and light trails from the beetles, so I'm leaning towards fake.
Simpo Two said:
If he was using flash it's odd that the right foreground is dark... perhaps two or more shots shopped together...
If you look at the sky its a very dark night to get the stars showing like thatThe ground and the anteater is going to be very dark - you can see how dark middle right in the shadow
The flash has lit up the anteater (and the grass) before it scarpers
It may well be a real one
So why is the flash lighting up the anteater but not the grass which is closer? A curved chunk out of the centre foreground can mean built-in flash + lens hood, but this is missing the front right too. Did he really have time to set up an off-camera flash to the left so it catches Mr Anthony Eater perfectly?
Simpo Two said:
So why is the flash lighting up the anteater but not the grass which is closer? A curved chunk out of the centre foreground can mean built-in flash + lens hood, but this is missing the front right too. Did he really have time to set up an off-camera flash to the left so it catches Mr Anthony Eater perfectly?
I assumed it was an off camera flash about double height, left of image pointing at the anthillyes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
I read (see link below) about this earlier - it has been judged to be fake...hardly a shock.
Also, there appears to be more and more of these 'photos' appearing that are a series of photos merged together - that ain't photography!
A photograph isn't an image that uses bits of 4 different photos - a photograph is a single image! These 'photographs' all look the same, over-produced, boring, false and the 'photographer' is more interested in the equipment used and telling us all about it.
Soon be Christmas.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/...
Also, there appears to be more and more of these 'photos' appearing that are a series of photos merged together - that ain't photography!
A photograph isn't an image that uses bits of 4 different photos - a photograph is a single image! These 'photographs' all look the same, over-produced, boring, false and the 'photographer' is more interested in the equipment used and telling us all about it.
Soon be Christmas.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/...
saaby93 said:
I assumed it was an off camera flash about double height, left of image pointing at the anthill
yes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
Lucky Mr Eater didn't come in from the right then!yes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
I think said beast was in position when the lighting was set up. It's a Norwegian Blue Anteater, pining for the fiords.
Simpo Two said:
saaby93 said:
I assumed it was an off camera flash about double height, left of image pointing at the anthill
yes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
Lucky Mr Eater didn't come in from the right then!yes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
I think said beast was in position when the lighting was set up. It's a Norwegian Blue Anteater, pining for the fiords.
My mate once photographed the Black Panther, but when the postman crossed the county line, on his way to Truprint, the x-ray equipment fogged the film.
saaby93 said:
I assumed it was an off camera flash about double height, left of image pointing at the anthill
yes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
This is no time to get technical!yes he would have been waiting for the shot
Assuming it isnt a stuffed
The more I think about, the more I think it is a real one, a clever shot, set up, patience, bingo
Do we care - one day an Oran-utang will take a better picture than Uncle Steve Carter and we'll all be toast!!!?
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