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Blue Angels Video - Is it a Fake?
If you visit the following URL you'll see a video:
http://www.airspacemag.com/asm/mag/supp/fm00/Blues.html the last portion of which shows what appears to be a Blue Angels F-18 roll only to reveal that, in fact, it was 2 planes flying so close, the plane in the background was completely obscured by the other. I've stepped back and forth through this "footage" and I cannot believe it is real. Those pilots are indeed praise worthy but the stunt captured in this film looks too much like visual effects. The image of the one plane simply separates from the other. Is there anyone here who can vouch for the legitimacy of this video? |
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Does not look real to me, good editing job. You can see the plane split into
2 planes. I too had too look 3 or 4 times. "Ken Morano" wrote in message ... If you visit the following URL you'll see a video: http://www.airspacemag.com/asm/mag/supp/fm00/Blues.html the last portion of which shows what appears to be a Blue Angels F-18 roll only to reveal that, in fact, it was 2 planes flying so close, the plane in the background was completely obscured by the other. I've stepped back and forth through this "footage" and I cannot believe it is real. Those pilots are indeed praise worthy but the stunt captured in this film looks too much like visual effects. The image of the one plane simply separates from the other. Is there anyone here who can vouch for the legitimacy of this video? |
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"Ken Morano" wrote: If you visit the following URL you'll see a video: http://www.airspacemag.com/asm/mag/supp/fm00/Blues.html the last portion of which shows what appears to be a Blue Angels F-18 roll only to reveal that, in fact, it was 2 planes flying so close, the plane in the background was completely obscured by the other. I've stepped back and forth through this "footage" and I cannot believe it is real. Those pilots are indeed praise worthy but the stunt captured in this film looks too much like visual effects. The image of the one plane simply separates from the other. Is there anyone here who can vouch for the legitimacy of this video? Well, if they did fake the last shot, they were really subtle about it, since there are some reflections on the port wing on the front plane that aren't there on the back plane. Might be video artifacts from the process, though... With a long enough lens, it's actually pretty easy to get an effect like that in reality, since the difference in parallax would be small enough to hide the other plane, if the angle was perfect. Considering how many hundreds of hours there must be of Blue Angel flights, I'd be shocked if something like this *didn't* happen in one or two (the effect is only a couple of seconds before the separation). -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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Well, if they did fake the last shot, they were really subtle about it, since there are some reflections on the port wing on the front plane that aren't there on the back plane. Might be video artifacts from the process, though... If you scrub back and forth right there you can see it's the same highlight that just pops from one plane to the next because it's the same plane albeit a frame or two different. With a long enough lens, it's actually pretty easy to get an effect like that in reality, since the difference in parallax would be small enough to hide the other plane, if the angle was perfect. If you look at it and follow the path the rails on the wingtips and the canopies follow it looks pretty clear that it's an edit. Considering how many hundreds of hours there must be of Blue Angel flights, I'd be shocked if something like this *didn't* happen in one or two (the effect is only a couple of seconds before the separation). At first I'd have thought it was the real deal because of the publication. After looking at it though my money would be that it's edited. If it isn't though it's definietly a head scratcher :-) |
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Scott Ferrin wrote: Well, if they did fake the last shot, they were really subtle about it, since there are some reflections on the port wing on the front plane that aren't there on the back plane. Might be video artifacts from the process, though... If you scrub back and forth right there you can see it's the same highlight that just pops from one plane to the next because it's the same plane albeit a frame or two different. Similar, but a different size and shape. Which would make sense, with two planes at about the same angle. The difference really comes out when you kick up the brightness on the clip. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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