• Obinice@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You know its reflective surface? Well, uh…

    I hate to be the one non-scientist that picks this up, guys…

    …What worries me is that it’s reflecting everything but us.

    • fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      Could be a tilt shift lens which can distort perspective and make a photo look as if it’s being taken from a slightly different angle. Not sure what to look for to disprove that hypothesis though.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      i noticed that in the OP too and it confused me a bit. then i noticed the dark corner bottom left, which is probably a bit of the wall of the dark room the picture was taken out of. that’s why the photographer isn’t in the reflection.

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        Just look at the center of the sphere. You see distant scaffolding and walkways. The camera could be a small one set up there.