On Sat, 28 May 2011 08:12:50 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 May 2011 14:39:39 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>> > Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> >> >   As I said in my post, it's perfectly possible to make a photo of
>> >> >   the
>> >> > Moon so that it looks enormous compared to the details on the
>> >> > ground. Just use a really strong zoom.
>> > 
>> >> There would be artifacts, stretching, or *something* that made it
>> >> obvious it was faked using optics.
>> > 
>> >   Faked? Faked compared to what? What is a "normal" zoom level?
> 
>> Composited or put together using some sort of optical trickery.
> 
>   How is zooming towards the horizon "composited or put together"?

If it were done optically, there'd be some kind of artifact.  You 
wouldn't get that from just a standard zoom setting on a camera - not 
with that extent of exaggeration in the moon without having the sun also 
exaggerated.

Jim

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