Forget lense lengths, picture quality, hand shake etc , it a simple fake which can be demonstrated by scribbling on a pice of paper. Its simply down to perspective which is NOT compromised by shutter speed, film quality etc.The comparison AV8 boy did bears this one out of a comparison of how it should have looked.The runway lines are very almost parallel.Why arent the eliptical markings very close to the side of the runway nearly circular?( assuming they are circles of course). Funny how the elipses are the same in each photo...
Take a piece of paper, draw 2 long parallel lines and draw some circles down the side.........view from 80 or so degrees and you will NOT see the sort of eliplical distortion as displayed on the fake photos.The perspective has been selectively changed.
This photograph implies LAX is flat but the runway has a down gradient of 40 deg or so...
I'd say the photo JMC man highlights is an original. We are off to the left of the runway therefore you dont get such a tendency for the runway edges to converge. The aircraft is more af a planform than a head on view as before.
Last edited by simon brown; 22nd Aug 2004 at 11:02.