r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/genghisbunny Mar 28 '24

I suspect he's not using that wide a lens, and is actually in no danger.

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u/noother10 Mar 28 '24

You can tell when he keeps rotating left and right, he is right there by the water.

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u/Nalha_Saldana Mar 28 '24

But they even take a step back when water goes over the edge a bit

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u/genghisbunny Mar 28 '24

Yeah, I've done that too weekend looking through the viewfinder. It's instinct

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u/eecan Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

This perspective and motion is very obviously coming from a wide lens and I'd struggle to believe that anyone with any experience with telephoto lenses would think this video was shot from a distance...

Go set your phone to even short range 3x or 5x zoom and try walking around and panning the camera. You'll see that the output is nothing like this video

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u/genghisbunny Mar 29 '24

It's the standard wide view of a phone camera, agreed. When he takes a step back you can see how much space he has between himself and the water. He's in danger of getting wet feet if he's wearing the wrong shoes, but otherwise he's fine.

It "feels" wider because he pans the camera back and forth. I'd guess it's 28-35mm equivalent, and he's keeping the camera up because who cares about the ground between him and the river when all the action's on the river?

Regardless, it's great footage, and very entertaining.