http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=01230411&size=large
It doesn't look like photoshoped to me!
2007-12-14 07:23:21 · 15 answers · asked by Constellation 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
it is real, but complex. it shows the glider in (what seems to be) 1 or 2 seconds intervals from take off (towed as one can see) to the time the pilot released to cable and turned (by then he also had to dive to gain speed as the towing cable was released).
2007-12-14 07:29:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jonathan 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Modified Airliner Photos - Fake Aviation Photos!
The heading says it all.
It may be possible however to make multiple exposures and create the shot. The give away to that is the person in the picture does not change position. Possibly the second or 3rd frames would show him in a different position.
2007-12-15 22:26:05 · answer #2 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's real. I've seen this photo technique before. They took a photo like each 1-5 seconds. If you've ever watched Red Bull Air Races, they use that technique to show the two planes flying with each other in the same picture. Well, they put all the pictures together. But, ya the pictures are real.
2007-12-14 18:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its a glider being winch launched, with exposures once every second.
He has not dived on release, he just isnt gaining more height and is flying straight and level away, maybe losing a max 1/15th of his height from release to end of the photograph\
In answer to the guy who claims its a fake, he obviously has never seen a glider launch. I have flown at that site and know where they release and come off, yes it is real. Its from standstill, but the gliders being launched by an 8 litre engine, 0 to 60 within a couple of seconds. The video below is a typical launch (second launch is steepest), obviously you can push it further than that though
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P_hH6MeQOCY
2007-12-14 16:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan P 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Real succession of images.
A sailplane is usually towed and released at speeds faster than what the sailplane will fly at. So (before or) after releasing from the tow line the sailplane pilot can pull up and gain a altitude--trading some excess airspeed for useful altitude.
2007-12-14 15:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by Mark 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is real. The glider is being launched by winch, notice the small parachute to slow the cable as it drops. It's a multiple exposure (if film or photoshopped if digital) series of pictures.
And who ever said a glider doesn't climb that fast has NEVER seen a winch or car-tow launch. The rate of climb is INCREDIBLE.
2007-12-14 21:21:25 · answer #6 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
IT IS A FAKE. A glider being launched doesn't usually climb that fast! If you analyze the photos perspective, you will see that the glider is climbing at perhaps a 60 degree angle from a STANDSTILL. There are few powered aircraft that can do that.
The visual effect seen here can be done easily with photoshop or even easier with 3d software to position the aircraft in all the other positions.
2007-12-14 19:49:05 · answer #7 · answered by stingjam 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
He either photoshopped a series of pictures of the glider being towed off, together or layered the film using a film developer's technique.
2007-12-14 17:09:38 · answer #8 · answered by Dan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
winch launches are pretty steep, and notice it actually has the initial flat run, and first then the plane climbs fast. i dare say the 50 degrees climb is well manageable with the glider.
result - sequence photo compiled together to show the mistakes of the launch - or just ot make fun.
2007-12-15 04:23:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a technique commonly used in sports magazines. The camera takes consecutive shots and software compiles them. Check out another photo using the same process.
http://www.broadbandsports.com/files/images/pic1-1.jpg
2007-12-14 16:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by nealm7 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋