# Check out this pic of the Statue of Liberty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407 "2012-05-09T17:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/21 "2012-05-10T21:36:36Z")
I like [my photo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987925334972&set=a.10150793556034972.510629.607714971&type=3&theater)better. Canon 60D shot with a 135mm zoom lens and then cropped. That’s a link to my FB page. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/22 "2012-05-11T00:01:33Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Read the comments on the [Flickr page](http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/7118799989/), and check out the other photo of the same scene and you’ll understand that it’s NOT a PS job. > > I only wish they’d mentioned what lens was used. Well, technically . . . > [@](#): > > Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.0 (Macintosh) 😉 At any rate, I was dubious too, but via google found a number of tourist pictures that reveal that much of the Empire State Building at about the same scale relative to the SoL. I’m stunned you can see that much of it from that distance and vantage point. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/23 "2012-05-11T00:45:56Z")
I hadn’t noticed the lens data on the Flickr page. And **D18** , it’s pretty unheard of to _not_ use Photoshop or some other image editing program to process digital files. I use both Canon’s DPP (to process my RAW files) and PSE 6 for cropping, shadow/highlight and levels adjustments. (I know, I know, your winking smilie was there for sarcasm’s sake.) Also, the SoL and ESB will appear on the same scale because of the photographers distance from the foreground image (SoL) and background (ESB) and the compression effect of the 500mm telephoto. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/24 "2012-05-11T13:08:05Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Also, the SoL and ESB will appear on the same scale because of the photographers distance from the foreground image (SoL) and background (ESB) and the compression effect of the 500mm telephoto. …giving a sense of _forced perspective_. (Only took twelve hours for me to come up with that phrase.) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/25 "2012-05-11T14:31:36Z")
> [@D18](#): > > At any rate, I was dubious too, but via google found a number of tourist pictures that reveal that much of the Empire State Building at about the same scale relative to the SoL. I’m stunned you can see that much of it from that distance and vantage point. > [@postcards](#): > > Also, the SoL and ESB will appear on the same scale because of the photographers distance from the foreground image (SoL) and background (ESB) and the compression effect of the 500mm telephoto. Right – the composition as it appears in the picture is not what you’d see with the naked eye. Yes, that much of the ESB’s façade is in the open line-of-sight from that particular vantage point(\*) but it would look much smaller/more distant in natural perspective. (\* One thing we tend to forget is that on the one hand the truly monumental skyscrapers like the ESB and Liberty Tower/WTC are \*considerably \*taller than the average for the surrounding skyline, so you can see them from quite far, and on the other the setback regulations prevented the built space from becoming a solid wall-to-wall mass past a certain height so there are breaks in the “forest”.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/26 "2012-05-11T15:36:53Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I like [my photo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987925334972&set=a.10150793556034972.510629.607714971&type=3&theater)better. That’s truly awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/27 "2012-05-11T19:56:24Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > I hadn’t noticed the lens data on the Flickr page. Over on the left, there was a link for the camera. That pulled up a seperate page with the EXIF data. So, I had to dig. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/28 "2012-05-11T20:26:38Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That’s truly awesome. Send me your email in a personal message, I’ll send you a copy. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/29 "2012-05-11T21:55:13Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I like [my photo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987925334972&set=a.10150793556034972.510629.607714971&type=3&theater)better. > Canon 60D shot with a 135mm zoom lens and then cropped. > That’s a link to my FB page. WOW. That is an absolutely amazing shot! I wanted to take the day off to see the shuttle fly over DC, but I couldn’t make it. Such a great sendoff for these vehicles, to fly them over some of America’s biggest cities for everyone to see. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/30 "2012-05-11T23:07:29Z")
During a flight from Edwards AFB to the Cape, one spent the night in Jacksonville, AR and circled Little Rock on the way home. It is indeed cool. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/31 "2012-05-12T00:16:21Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I like [my photo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987925334972&set=a.10150793556034972.510629.607714971&type=3&theater)better. > > Canon 60D shot with a 135mm zoom lens and then cropped. Suuuuure. With that default medium grey background? And that perfect dynamic angle? FAKE! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/32 "2012-05-12T03:50:38Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Suuuuure. With that default medium grey background? And that perfect dynamic angle? FAKE! That is a cloud. As for the angle, well it isn’t the first photo I’ve ever taken, not even the first photo of the shuttle Enterprise as it flew over my house a long time ago in Oklahoma when it stopped at Tinker AFB for refueling on it’s way back to Florida from Edwards AFB. I have that as an actual photograph. I haven’t digitized it. ps I know you are joking. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407/33 "2012-05-12T03:54:35Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I like [my photo](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987925334972&set=a.10150793556034972.510629.607714971&type=3&theater)better. > Canon 60D shot with a 135mm zoom lens and then cropped. > That’s a link to my FB page. Nice picture! Very crisp and great angle/composition! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-this-pic-of-the-statue-of-liberty/621407.md?page=1)