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Image:The sun, street light and Parallax.jpg edit

 

  •   InfoI've noticed that the reflection of the sun is seen at the reflection of the street light while the sun itself is much higher than the street light is. I've asked atmospheric optics expert Andy Young to explain my image. Here's what he says:
    "the answer is Parallax . The reflection in the water shows the view as seen from a point that is the camera's reflection in the water -- i.e., as far below the surface as the camera is above it.
    The street light is much closer than the Sun; so parallax mainly affects the position of the light's reflected image.
    These perspective effects are *always* present in pictures of reflections in water -- but not often as obvious as in your picture, which is a "textbook example" of the effect."
Thank you for your question, Freedom to share. I took this image because I noticed the effect. At first I just was taking images of the fog, the sun and the reflection  . Then I decided that it would have been nice to "put" the Sun at the street light, so I started to move around, but as you know I was not able to find the position, from which the sun at the sky and the sun in the water was seen atop the stree light. It was either one of two ;)--Mbz1 17:01, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  I was asked why I did not support my oroginal nomination. The answer is because I was waiting for Richard to upload his edit ;)

Image:The sun, street light and Parallax edit.jpg, featured edit

  

result: 16 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Mywood 11:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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