Amazing Red Moon Photo Over Dallas Is Not Fake
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - At first glance, you might think the photo of a red moon rising over the Dallas skyline is fake. Then after a second, a third and fourth glance, you're probably convinced it was Photoshopped. But you'd be wrong.
"In this digital age, everyone thinks everything is fake," says self-described amateur photographer Brian Luenser. But he doesn't take offense to other's doubts about the authenticity of the photo. He admits he might doubt it too -- if he didn't take the picture himself.
"I do not disagree that it looks fake, but it's not."
Luenser, who has won Fort Worth Magazine's photographer of the year honors two years in a row, has a Facebook page filled with breathtaking shots of North Texas. He says he does not alter any of his pictures -- not the color, not the contrast, not anything.
Luenser says he captured this shot Wednesday night from his 34th floor balcony of the Tower Condominiums in Fort Worth.
"Basically, if you had good enough eyes, that's what you would see from my balcony," explains Luenser. "If you were on my balcony with a telescope, that's all you can see."
Luenser uses a "good camera and a big lens." For photography buffs, the 800 mm 5.6L IS lens retails for about $16,000.
"By using a large lens, you are bringing the buildings and the moon closer. It's perspective. It's trigonometry."
Catching an image like this isn't just about the equipment, it's also about the timing.
"If there's a trick, it's knowing where the moon is going to come up and when," said Luenser. He says he snapped about 30 shots over a 2-3 minute period Wednesday night -- and this was one of them.
To those comments, Luenser replies, "It's 100% legitimate."
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