[HN Gopher] How a photographer captured his eclipse photo
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How a photographer captured his eclipse photo
Author : elijahparker
Score : 125 points
Date : 2024-04-22 12:11 UTC (1 days ago)
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| throwawayk7h wrote:
| I've followed this guy for a while. He's got to be one of the
| world's best nature photographers.
| cpfohl wrote:
| What a fantastic read. Love the dedication and the insight into
| what it takes to make art like that.
| sieste wrote:
| Scrolling down that page it seems many photographers had a really
| fun time with this eclipse. Obviously the birds pics, but also
| the mountaineer and the guy "holding" the eclipse are absolutely
| amazing.
| asah wrote:
| ...or just use GenAI ?
| lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote:
| Generative AI certainly has its place but not necessarily as a
| replacement for creative methods. More succinctly: why not
| both?
| roywiggins wrote:
| Anyone can make a digital composite of an eclipse with 10
| minutes in Photoshop. That's not really the point.
| thih9 wrote:
| Similarly, fans of recreational fishing could go buy a fish in
| a store instead.
| llamaimperative wrote:
| "Why are people always so skeptical of tech's contributions to
| culture?!"
|
| This is why.
| wizzwizz4 wrote:
| Which is only possible _because_ people go out and take
| photographs like this. This is a bit like saying "Why do
| science, when you can subscribe to _Ars Technica_? "
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| Glad others were photographing it. I was just there for the
| ahhhhs. It's a kind of a religious experience for me and, though
| it was my second, I knew from the first one that I ought to just
| ignore the phone and just take in the experience. No regrets.
|
| I'm old enough that it's questionable I'll be around in 21 years
| for the next one in the U.S.. Only my middle daughter has not yet
| seen one (wife and the other two daughters are good). If I am
| lucky I'll be alive to join her for it.
|
| I have to say, bit off topic, I'm fairly pissed off that I didn't
| get "my Halley's comet". Or rather, I got it, but it was crap. I
| suppose I could live to be 97.... (I am not sure if Mark Twain
| was lucky or unlucky with regard to Halley's.)
|
| Anyway, Hale-Bopp was a treat, I have to confess. I suppose I am
| fortunate for that.
| llamaimperative wrote:
| It really is the most mystical experience I've ever had. Also
| was my second time and also decided not to even attempt to
| photograph it.
|
| Glad you got to experience it with many of your loved ones!
| kevindamm wrote:
| And around for Oumuamua, too
| bugbuddy wrote:
| Gen AI: "I Made This."
|
| https://twitter.com/pablostanley/status/1740505463953952920
| webwielder2 wrote:
| What percentage of the population would you say has an interest
| in a craft at or above this level?
| LiquidPolymer wrote:
| As a pro photographer I've always been intrigued by serendipity
| and luck. For instance, the amateur who photographed Mt. St.
| Helens moment of "the big one" eruption with a spectacular
| landslide preceding the event has made money licensing those
| images every year since.
|
| Yet this is an example of something that required foresight and
| planning- and just a bit of serendipity. It's a great image.
|
| I've had some trouble illustrating the difference between these
| two concepts for people not in the profession. Yet my
| professional success has been entirely based upon the latter.
| However even with all the planning and preproduction work, most
| of my success has relied on serendipity to a degree. Sometimes
| this results in failure because this last little ingredient never
| happened.
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