About the Utah ancient rocks being blown up. I don’t buy it. (thread)
I’m kinda tired and there’s a supernaturally heavy cat on me, so I haven’t downloaded the two videos to closely examine them. But here are my general, lazy expert observations:
1) Blur.
These vids seem high quality - the exposure and white balance are set perfectly & don’t shift, the composition is solid. Yet there’s an annoying veneer of low-rez on top of it all. Doesn’t feel like downsampling, more like artificial blur designed to hide imperfections.
These vids seem high quality - the exposure and white balance are set perfectly & don’t shift, the composition is solid. Yet there’s an annoying veneer of low-rez on top of it all. Doesn’t feel like downsampling, more like artificial blur designed to hide imperfections.
2) Hoodoo explosion shakes camera too early.
The sound of the two blasts is realistically delayed as it would take time to travel that distance. I think the shockwave that would shake the camera would take as long. (Or longer?) But here the camera shakes BEFORE the rocks crack.
The sound of the two blasts is realistically delayed as it would take time to travel that distance. I think the shockwave that would shake the camera would take as long. (Or longer?) But here the camera shakes BEFORE the rocks crack.
3) Two hoodoo charges go off at different times.
Why? Isn’t that usually done for special reasons in controlled demolition and takes extra effort to set up? These guys are blowing up old rocks.
Why? Isn’t that usually done for special reasons in controlled demolition and takes extra effort to set up? These guys are blowing up old rocks.
4) Sound of the arch explosion is instant.
This formation looks larger and farther away than the hoodoos, but unlike in the hoodoo video, the sound of this blast has no delay at all. What up with that?
This formation looks larger and farther away than the hoodoos, but unlike in the hoodoo video, the sound of this blast has no delay at all. What up with that?
5) Inside of the arch rock is same as outside.
Once it’s blown up, we see the stump of the top of the arch. I ain’t no rock expert, but I feel like the inside of these weathered-by-thousands-of-years formations should have a slightly different quality than the outside...
Once it’s blown up, we see the stump of the top of the arch. I ain’t no rock expert, but I feel like the inside of these weathered-by-thousands-of-years formations should have a slightly different quality than the outside...
That’s all I got. Sorry for the shallowness of the analysis and for not linking to the videos. IMO, they’re sophisticated composites of CG on live action. Maybe I’m wrong. Either way, they feel like a particularly crass grab for virality. And I don’t want to give it to them.
