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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Rush on January 27, 2025, 11:02:42 AM

Title: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Rush on January 27, 2025, 11:02:42 AM
It looks like an old crash. But are landing lights on?

This is the only explanation I could find for it:

Khaichuin Sim, from Malaysia, picks up a win in the 'Rising Talent' category for this incredible image of a freediver with a plane wreck in Lang Tengah Island in Malaysia. He explains: 'The freediver's presence adds a human element to the scene, emphasising the spirit of exploration and discovery that drives us to unearth the beauty of the underwater world.'
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Bob Noel on January 27, 2025, 11:18:23 AM
fake?

why is everything so green except for the "free diver"?

Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Little Joe on January 27, 2025, 11:28:29 AM
Either fake,
Or the cameraman was using a light source that caused a reflection.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Bamaflyer on January 27, 2025, 11:34:29 AM
Maybe added some type of lighting for the pic but probably photoshopped.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Anthony on January 27, 2025, 11:35:43 AM
Is it a photo or painting. If w photo, the "artist" photoshopped it.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Rush on January 27, 2025, 11:48:57 AM
It’s not fake because it was a photography contest. Here’s the contest results but this one is buried way at the bottom:   https://www.tpoty.com/tpoty-winners-galleries/2024-winners/


I think they placed a couple of these into the empty cowling.

https://www.amazon.com/LetonPower-Flashlight-25000Lumens-underwater-flashlight/dp/B09MFLZQV9?th=1

I found a bunch of other pics, apparently it was sunk rather than crashed.  I found the guy’s Facebook post talking about the Letons.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Username on January 27, 2025, 11:50:17 AM
Probably lights stuck on the propeller hubs.  Not landing lights.  Way too much marine growth to be a new wreck.  But it is a cool picture on an old wreck.  Sad to see a plane down any time, though.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Username on January 27, 2025, 11:51:24 AM
Ah, good second picture.  It's part of an artificial reef.  Plane cleaned and sanitized for purposeful sinking.  Note the frame underneath.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Rush on January 27, 2025, 11:52:37 AM
Probably lights stuck on the propeller hubs.  Not landing lights.  Way too much marine growth to be a new wreck.  But it is a cool picture on an old wreck.  Sad to see a plane down any time, though.

Yeah you got it. You can see the Leton in the first picture of the two in my latest post.
Title: Re: I don’t understand this picture
Post by: Rush on January 27, 2025, 11:55:58 AM
Ah, good second picture.  It's part of an artificial reef.  Plane cleaned and sanitized for purposeful sinking.  Note the frame underneath.

Yep that’s what I figured. Reef creation, but you couldn’t see the frame in the original picture.