MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNikola Tesla and his "magnifying transmitter" in the lab.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageNikola Tesla and his "magnifying transmitter" in the lab.lemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-squareMakunaHatata@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThis photo is so famous yet I never knew this fact about it. Thanks!
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoCorrect. Still a nice composition but it is @deceivinglyhistoryporn if not in the right context.
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.
This photo is so famous yet I never knew this fact about it. Thanks!
Correct.
Still a nice composition but it is @deceivinglyhistoryporn if not in the right context.