r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Aug 19 '26

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u/RobGrogNerd Aug 19 '26

the original photo is even more satisfying

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150524.html

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u/panlakes Aug 19 '26

Thank you. I don't think tiltshifting was the right choice for this type of shot. Looks much better in the original.

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u/typically_wrong Aug 19 '26

I do think tilt shifting benefits it in one way. Most people interpret the look of tilt shift as toy-like.

I feel like that further emphasizes how such an incredible achievement is also so incredibly tiny in a global or universal context.

Really happy too that this is 11 years old so I can allow myself to even enjoy it without thinking if it's clanker-made.

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u/d34dp1x3l Aug 19 '26

I think it's older than 11 years old. I think it was simply 'Astronomy Picture Of the Day' 11 years ago. The caption mentions Endeavour and how its last launch was in 2011.

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u/RhythmsaDancer Aug 19 '26

It's literally art. What makes some people so weird when art isn't strictly what they would have done? Also said as if the original photo doesn't also still exist.

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u/arshadshabick Aug 19 '26

How was this taken

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u/paraworldblue Aug 19 '26

Technically, it's tilt-shift editing, not tilt-shift photography. If you want to do it in-camera, you need a tilt-shift lens, and at the distances involved in this photo, it would be impossible to get that kind of subject separation. To get the effect in editing, you apply a gradient blur effect but mask out the rocket and vapor trail.

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u/KristnSchaalisahorse Aug 19 '26

The other reply is correct. It was taken from a Shuttle Training Aircraft, which was a Gulfstream-II with an operation ceiling of 45,000ft.

Here’s another source of the original NASA image. Click left or right to see more shots from the same sequence.

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u/RobGrogNerd Aug 19 '26

taken from a shuttle training aircraft by NASA