The image of the reflection on the helmet is distorted and low quality. To me it looks like another astronaut not like someone without a space suit.
The image of the reflection on the helmet is distorted and low quality. To me it looks like another astronaut not like someone without a space suit.
Would you like to comment on photography analysis under the subtitle “Pixel Peeping” @onthewayout?
That is a good argument. Assuming it is a correct one then it proves that the man in the reflection is not at an angle to take the photo. But...can we clearly see the angle of the camera itself? I can't...the image does not have that resolution.
The angle of a camera is the angle of a man's torso, @onthewayout. We can clearly see shadow in front of a man. It is quite obvious. The Hasselblad camera was never used hand-held, because it didn't have any viewfinder, and because it was impossible to operate it with the gloves of a pressurized suit. You can properly compose with it only if it is attached to your chest. It was not a beach snapshot from the hip. Look at Cernan. The camera was attached to Schmitt's space suit exactly the same way. With the 60° view field, how could he take this picture?