So it's been determined a hoax. Even without the explanation above, there're a couple of clues that point to the same conclusion.
In early photography, subjects had to remain perfectly still for about a minute. Two of the soldiers had turned their heads in what looks more like a snapshot moment. It would've been difficult to hold that gesture on the far left for that long without the top of the gun wavering just a little.
And how many pudgy civil war soldiers have you seen? What are the odds of several in one photo?
In conclusion, re-enactors killed this pterodactyl.
posted by shunpike 16 years ago
So it's been determined a hoax. Even without the explanation above, there're a couple of clues that point to the same conclusion. In early photography, subjects had to remain perfectly still for about a minute. Two of the soldiers had turned their heads in what looks more like a snapshot moment. It would've been difficult to hold that gesture on the far left for that long without the top of the gun wavering just a little. And how many pudgy civil war soldiers have you seen? What are the odds of several in one photo?
posted by shunpike 16 years ago
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