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How do the professional wild life photographers take such sharp photos that look almost borderline fake?

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[–] dbltax@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you've never used a supertelephoto prime then you'll have a hard time believing just how good they are. The optical designs are incredibly sharp, offer fantastic contrast and colour reproduction, as well as having almost zero distortion.

And no, their photos don't look borderline fake.

[–] Archelon_ischyros@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, where does OP’s “borderline fake” jab come From?

[–] Sweathog1016@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

That’s the, “if I can’t do it, nobody can!” fallacy. Must be cheating somehow.

[–] foxfyre2@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

My guess is that OP means the photos are so good, that they have to be staged or in captivity or something like that. In the right context, I would take it as a compliment. Like your photo is so good, it's unbelievable that it could come straight from a camera.