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none of those fireball pictures look real - did it actually look like that, or are those photos really heavily processed?
by notatoad 7y ago
none of those fireball pictures look real - did it actually look like that, or are those photos really heavily processed?
- LeoPanthera 7y agoIt looked like that on the live video too - but only very briefly. It was a moment in time.
- soheil 7y agoAt first glance they look heavily touched up/processed.
- icegreentea2 7y agoWhat about them look unreal? Is it the relative darkness of the actual fire? The photos are processed to some degree - the cameras look to be setup for ultrafast (which makes sense, its trying to capture an explosion), so you can see a lot of "low light" noise and artifacts. Remember that if you're like me, 99%+ of fireballs that I've ever witnessed were also made up / post processed for maximum impact. Reality could just be more mundane.
- notatoad 7y agoit's hard for me to articulate why they look fake, bu i think maybe they look like the photos are really faded and then had colour painted back onto them. something just seems weird. but as you say, most fireballs i see are post-processed to hell, that's why i'm curious what's up with these - are they more or less post-processed than normal?
- JshWright 7y agoIt looks like most of them were tweaked pretty heavily to try to highlight more detail through the clouds.
- m3kw9 7y agoLike Street fighter yoga fireball?
- mikeyouse 7y agoLink to the live video, explosion happens at ~19:35, it doesn't look too far off from the pics tbh. https://youtu.be/mhrkdHshb3E?t=1168 https://youtu.be/mhrkdHshb3E?t=1168
- blixt 7y agoKeep in mind that this is taken with zoom lenses and that you're seeing a lot of atmosphere between the camera and the camera. This reduces contrast a lot and in an attempt to make out more detail in editing it can end up looking a little more cartoony (as the dynamic range is compressed so you can see it on a computer screen).
- tlb 7y agoIt's a methane fireball. Most other rocket explosions you've seen are hydrogen, which are more blue.