MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNikola Tesla and his "magnifying transmitter" in the lab.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down12
arrow-up1172arrow-down1imageNikola Tesla and his "magnifying transmitter" in the lab.lemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 months agoRecently learned this is a double exposure image. They took an exposure in an unlit room for the lightning, then put Tesla in there reading a book and took the second exposure.
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoCorrect. Still a nice composition but it is @deceivinglyhistoryporn if not in the right context.
minus-squareMakunaHatata@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThis photo is so famous yet I never knew this fact about it. Thanks!
minus-squareNotyoulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 days agoSomeone probably claimed AI, and then someone else was forced to correct them based on Cunningham’s Law. I didn’t know it was double exposure, too.
Recently learned this is a double exposure image. They took an exposure in an unlit room for the lightning, then put Tesla in there reading a book and took the second exposure.
Correct.
Still a nice composition but it is @deceivinglyhistoryporn if not in the right context.
This photo is so famous yet I never knew this fact about it. Thanks!
Someone probably claimed AI, and then someone else was forced to correct them based on Cunningham’s Law.
I didn’t know it was double exposure, too.