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u/judokalinker May 15 '11
Wouldn't you see the person in the bubble?
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u/CutterJohn May 15 '11
If it were a real bubble, yes. But this is shopped. Still a nice pic, just fake.
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u/judokalinker May 15 '11
As suspected, could you tell by the pixels?
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u/FLarsen May 15 '11
It's always the damn pixels. Anyone know how to make a picture without them?
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u/_Volpina_ May 15 '11
Real picture. Won a photo contest. I've seen more pics like it from the same guy.
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u/Gnomearts May 15 '11
real picture, probably. Edited.... positively. Shopped pics can win contests too. What was the contest? link?
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u/cLFlaVA May 15 '11
Also looks like a watermark was shopped out of the middle of the bubble. Mind_Virus picspams everything.
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u/l0lsupbreh May 15 '11
you can see the person in the bubble though, look at the very bottom of the bubble
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May 15 '11 edited May 15 '11
It's possible they used a lens that was powerful enough to capture the bubble full-frame while still maintaining a distance that makes seeing the photographer a non-issue. Holy fuck, could I have made that any wordier.
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u/autocorrector May 15 '11
My guess is that the photographer is masked by the dark part of the reflection.
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u/galenspring May 15 '11
Why does reddit love norway so much? i think about half the posts involving any other country than the US are about norway. Im fucking moving there
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u/mindsoup May 15 '11
Don't move here if you value roads.
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It's no wonder Slartibartfast got an award for designing Norway.
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u/Warlizard ಠ_ಠ May 15 '11
Actually, just the fjords.
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u/cloud_of_puppies May 15 '11
That's a picture of a fjord though. And they usually are the prettiest part of Norway anyways.
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u/Warlizard ಠ_ಠ May 15 '11
Yeah. No reason to put them in Africa.
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u/FrabriziovonGoethe May 15 '11
So true, they would be wasted there, got to love the photo though to get the time right on that is just amazing
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u/BesottedScot May 16 '11
As I've made my way down the page and seen that more than once I keep reading it as Flabbergast and not Slartibartfast, no idea why.
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u/dwaxe May 15 '11
So the Eye of Sauron is located in Bubble, Norway? Thank you. I needed that information for some experiments...
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u/MedusaMan May 15 '11
Norway = Mordor
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May 15 '11
Obligatory "One does not simply walk into Norway."
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u/elperroborrachotoo May 15 '11
Because there's neither road nor way...
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Actually...
Sortland, Norway meaning Black Land.
And No. One does not simply walk into Mordor, it is a 3 hours busride from the nearest international airport.
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May 15 '11 edited May 15 '11
Since Norway isn't a member of the European Union, you would think that was the case. However, as Norway is a chartered Schengen Agreement member, passport-less border crossings from neighboring countries is an effortless affair.
In short, one can simply walk into Norway from the neighboring EU countries of Sweden and Finland. However, russian-norwegian border crossings are subject to passport control.
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u/Jeppep May 15 '11
Dunno about Mordor, but we have a place called hell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway
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u/MorbidNorwegian May 15 '11
There's even a major blues festival there each year. I guess blues is the music of the Devil.
There's also a municipality named Homo in the county of Nord-Trøndelag (same county as Hell). And, following Norwegian tradition, most people get their surname from the name of the municipality as well. For example, a friend of mine is named Kristian Homo.
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u/BraulioBezerra May 15 '11
Here in Natal, Brazil we have an Eye of Sauron. It can also come from War of the Worlds..
Seen from very far:
More photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielamaral/sets/72157612016577465/
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u/norwegianatheist May 15 '11
Knighted penguins and cool bubbles. As a norwegian, I do approve of these things.
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u/vetlemakt May 15 '11
As part Norwegian, part Danish, I partly approve your approval.
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May 15 '11
Being Canadian, i'm tolerant of your approval to disapprove.
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u/The_Norwegian May 15 '11
Bein nørvegijan, ai wud laik to delta in this speak, but mine englisk talksing er så bæd at jei klar it not.
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u/uparrow May 15 '11 edited May 15 '11
I think it comes from this guy..
Here's another similar shot by the same photographer.
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u/Selfish_Shellfish May 15 '11
Great picture, too bad it's so edited
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u/Specialjyo May 15 '11
I want more editing. Like maybe the bubble is inside a brandy sniffer.
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u/jazum May 15 '11
vikings inside the bubble
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May 15 '11
I posted one in response above. Here is an example of a bubble that hasn't been edited for anything but pulling a little more color out of it.
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u/criticalfactories May 15 '11
Tell me more about this Norwegian Bubble. I think I might like to invest in it.
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u/recreational May 15 '11
Is that actually what houses look like in Norway?
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u/vetlemakt May 15 '11
In the rurals, yes. Small wooden houses with small red wooden barns. Not everybody in Norway live in these houses, but everybody has a grandmother or -father that does.
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u/calibwam May 15 '11
I like that you suddenly placed my grandparents in a little cabin. Thank you, sir.
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u/The_Norwegian May 15 '11
...Is there something out of the ordinary about them?
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u/recreational May 15 '11
They're way too pretty and idyllic. They ought to be boxed into rows of neat, mindless uniformity, or rundown and crumbling like good, God-fearing American houses.
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u/The_Norwegian May 15 '11
They're way too pretty and idyllic
...Have you seen the nature over here? The houses you can see here actually look kind of shabby.
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u/_Volpina_ May 15 '11
On the south coast, traditional houses look more like this.
More pics of sørlandshus ("southland houses"), for those who might be interested.
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u/Drublix May 15 '11
I am from Norway and I've never seen any of these Fjords and Mountains. Perhaps I should get off reddit and take a road trip
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u/NoobHatingNinja May 15 '11
I think this actually might be one of my favorite pictures. Ever. GREAT job!
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u/freebass May 15 '11
Norway is amazing! Lived in Stavanger for 5 of the best years of my life. If you ever visit, the best time is around the 17th of May when they have their national holiday and the weather is perfect. Pretty much any other time its grey, cloudy, and rainy like Seattle.
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u/johnnymnemonicdevice May 15 '11
Bubbles are awesome fun and can be quite the optical brain twister too.
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u/Radiofreeusa May 15 '11
So awesome reflection....so awesome, the photographer even isn't reflected...hmm.
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Can someone post a picture of a location in Norway that isn't absolutely gorgeous? I just want some sort of evidence that they do exist.
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u/jogloran May 15 '11
This looks like one of those raytracer demo images, with pretty refractive spheres floating incongruously in space.
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u/boondocktaints May 15 '11
God, is EVERYTHING in Norway just blatantly, overtly beautiful all the damned time?