On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bong, Ann, Anthony - The difference is caused by a parallex > difference between here and Australia. Because the Moon is much closer > than the planets, there is a perspective difference between the two > view points. It's like holding out a finger in front of you at arms > length. Look at it while blinking one eye then the other. The finger > moves in relation to the background. > David's shot looked like two eyes over a smile. Here the scene was > more like two eyes over a frown, sorta laying on the side. That was > mostly caused by the moon's movement in the twelve hours difference in > where it was when David shot vs later when I shot. But the perspective > difference caused the moon to be below the two planets so it was a > smiley face. Here in FL the moon was above so it was a frown face. I > guess the gods are smiling on Australia afterall!!! >
Cool photo and wonderful explanation! Thanks! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
