Earth at 200kph by Oscar Sobrino

Monday, 18th February 2008

23 Comments

1. Andreea Teodorescu Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 7:31 am

   Spectacular !

2. David Doe Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 7:32 am

   WOW! The photo alone is awesome but to think that the guy holding the camera was either falling themselves or at very least dangling from the door of a plane…..Well done!!

3. Reuben Chircop Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 8:10 am

   Thats a great shot, I am sure that was not an easy shot.

4. dapascha Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 8:30 am

   Looks like Lake Taupo in New Zealand… But is Oscar the guy under the camera-helmet or the guy under the tandem-jumper?

5. Pauline Jones Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 10:04 am

   What a great place to travel; this must be a unique shot.

6. Oscar Sobrino Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

   I can’t believe i did that!!!!

7. Sara Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

   this is amazing! you can see the curvature of the earth and everything, brilliant, well done.

8. Renee Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

   Wow! Very incredible! Nice shot

9. Eileen Says:
   February 18th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

   Weird! How would a person get high enough to take a picture of the curveture of the earth and be able to shoot this shot. I am sorry but without explaintion??????????? I don’t get it!!!!!!!!!!! Our earth looks to small? EZ

10. charles Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    i agree with eileen , there is something very strange on this picture, the curveture of the earth is not natural… those guys are too close from the ground !
    anyway that’s a nice pic but need some technical details

11. Matt Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    Nice shot - great composition especially given the conditions!
    Eileen, I don’t think that is the curvature of the earth but rather the distortion created by a fisheye type lens.

12. Josh Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Has to be fisheye for that shot, but what an effect it has. Really amazing picture though.

13. Stine Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    I tried this tandem-jump, actually over Lake Taupo in New Zealand, where another man jumped next to us with a camera with a fisheye lens on his helmet. It must be the same in this picture.

14. Tom Brooklyn Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Cool use of a fisheye to bend the horizon.

    Where on earth was this taken? Please specify.

15. Eileen Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    With a fisheye lens the whole picture would look curved?? Oh well! EZ

16. Rama Raju Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 2:29 am

    Such a daring dive !

17. Anurag Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am

    What a wonderful effect created by the extreme wide angle/fisheye lens. Makes the earth looks like a much smaller sphere than it really is.
    Note the settlement below and how it has destroyed the green cover of the earth.

18. a. Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pm

    How did you breathe? Wonderful shot though!

19. Earthlover Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 1:10 am

    I thought this was a picture of a spider dangling from its web when I first glanced at it! I couldn’t believe it was a real person. Too Cool!

20. Srirama Raja Says:
    February 21st, 2008 at 10:46 am

    Really cool. Good picture. I wish I could do this someday.

21. max Says:
    February 22nd, 2008 at 5:14 am

    Wow, that’s awesome. Must be a wide angle lens because the earth doesn’t really curve like that. Were you parachuting, hangliding, or what?

22. Sue Gagnon Says:
    February 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    Holy WOW!! DITTO on ALL!!! Fantastic view…;)

23. Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Great shot! I love the major barrel distortion on this one. Great compo.

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