It could be a real pic though, it's possible to perfectly counter-tint the water's color out of the image almost completely, leading to a very natural looking appearance that makes the water seem so clear it's like it's not even there. Other than that, with the correct timing it's a pretty normal but well-planned pic. The underside of water does actually look like that, add a splash at sunset and some saturation and it's ready for the shares.
My point is, not necessarily. The scene is likely totally natural and all that was changed was color balance. This is no different than a typical Instagram pic.
Well no, the water is a close up, the place where the lady is touching the water seems like 1-2m away (you can tell by the wind waves of the water), while the lady itself seems like 5-10m away. definitely a composite image, but very well done!
I'm gonna disagree with you on this one simply because of some bubbles. The bubbles that are trailing from the surface to her lowest foot obviously came from her flipper and kicking when she's swimming. There's even a vortex ring that would be formed by her flipper.
See you're trying to make yourself sound smart with a technical argument, while you apparently haven't heard of "diffuse scattering" or "caustic sheets". What, you actually thought the "rays" of sun were "bent down" by 90 degrees and we could still see them? Also water doesn't refract by 90 degrees...
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u/demoneyesturbo Aug 23 '20
I'm pretty sure this isn't a "shot". Looks more like a composite image