Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-02 04:09:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4D880909F93F48DD7840AD8E2F4665622B9AAC588AE25FFA0050AF844D8DDABD
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Original Note:
Based on comments, note is clearly needed. This video uses a common photographic technique called forced perspective: because the turtle is much closer to lens than the people, it appears substantially larger than it is. Forced perspective: https://pacificsciencecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cah-forced-perspective.pdf Photo better showing turtle size: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5369465be4b0507a1fd05af0/1582772537541-D7VKUT7KU5ZXLMEY0796/nesting+leatherback
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