Mr Nobody's Martian encounter

Edited with Snapseed. It provides an easy to use perspective tool, which can be used to make shadows on the ground look less stretched and "small headed" ;-)

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Taken on Thursday May 9, 2019
Posted on Thursday May 9, 2019
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Elbertinum said:

Das erinnert mich an das Höhlengleichnis von Sokrates - er sieht nur die Schatten der vorübergehenden Menschen -

5 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Elbertinum:

Danke schön, Albert =)

Das ist eine bewusste Entscheidung, als ich anfing, solche Motive zu fotografieren.

5 years ago ( translate )

Guido Werner said:

Sami: Do you want to say that your other Shadwo Selfies did not reveal the real proportions of your body? :-D

5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Guido Werner:

Well, taking Albert's observation into account, the "projection of life" depends on how the cave's back wall is shaped. However, one can do some post processing tricks to change that. Another option is to choose the background in the first place:

And finally, what is the "real proportion"? ;-)

5 years ago

Ruesterstaude said:

nette Begegnung!

5 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Ruesterstaude:

Danke schön, Volker.

I hope the Martian is not going to probe Mr Nobody =D

5 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Nice play of light and shadow.

5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Thank you, Jaap.

5 years ago

Xata said:

The real proportion is on our mind or on others view???? LOL!

5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Xata:

Cheers! =D

It should be noticed that I did not mention the concept of "real proportion" =P

My personal goal is to make "visually pleasing presentations" =D

5 years ago