MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNikola Tesla and his "magnifying transmitter" in the lab.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down12
arrow-up1177arrow-down1imageNikola Tesla and his "magnifying transmitter" in the lab.lemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·1 month 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-up14·1 month agoCorrect. Still a nice composition but it is @deceivinglyhistoryporn if not in the right context.
minus-squareMakunaHatata@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThis photo is so famous yet I never knew this fact about it. Thanks!
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!