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iamamountaingoat t1_iybpjyd wrote

Why the significant compression? It’s incredibly jarring. Baker isn’t even close to that conical.

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pxcrunner t1_iyd1t2n wrote

He does this on every mountain image he posts. I remember seeing his mt hood picture a while ago and it was comical.

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mapoftasmania t1_iydan6x wrote

Yep. Dude works in the advertising department for Paramount Pictures.

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soil_nerd t1_iydlcal wrote

In that post someone made the same comment and his response was:

> It’s a 3 shot vertical panorama, the distortion is a result of the ultra wide fov. I could have corrected it, but simply prefer the more fantasy/steeper look.

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pxcrunner t1_iydryyu wrote

If that were true, the bottom of the image would be just a distorted and stretched out. It’s not.

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Prof_Explodius t1_iydz3x4 wrote

Yup. Not sure why OP feels compelled to make photographic falsehoods and then double down by lying about it, but those two things are probably related.

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Anteros t1_iyddj1e wrote

A lot of landscape photographers these days just seem to edit based on what looks good for instagram

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yanquiUXO t1_iydhg4g wrote

I was wondering where the pic was taken from because I've never seen Baker look like that

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