I think that the main factor is that you take photo that captures a wide angle and then view it on a relatively small screen, which doesn’t take up as much of your field of view as the original captured image did.
If you had a bigger display and a right distance, it would take up the same amount of your field of view and would feel bigger.
Though probably part of that is also that you feel/know that the moon is far away, so it must be actually huuuge, but the screen is closer, so it doesn’t trigger the same awe, on the subconscious level
Oo, this is one of my favorites - it’s called Moon Illusion, and we don’t know why it happens! There’s theories, but none have yet borne out as conclusive.
one other factor is dynamic range of the scene, where we can see some details in the moon with naked eye, but in the photo without heavy post processing it will basically look like white circle, if you also want to have any other details in the scene other than the moon
Even then, the moon is just bananas small. Half a degree wide. The right display at the right distance would still make the moon look like a little speck. On your phone 12 inches from your face, a life-size picture of the moon would be 1/10 of an inch wide. Just tiny.
I think that the main factor is that you take photo that captures a wide angle and then view it on a relatively small screen, which doesn’t take up as much of your field of view as the original captured image did.
If you had a bigger display and a right distance, it would take up the same amount of your field of view and would feel bigger.
Though probably part of that is also that you feel/know that the moon is far away, so it must be actually huuuge, but the screen is closer, so it doesn’t trigger the same awe, on the subconscious level
Oo, this is one of my favorites - it’s called Moon Illusion, and we don’t know why it happens! There’s theories, but none have yet borne out as conclusive.
one other factor is dynamic range of the scene, where we can see some details in the moon with naked eye, but in the photo without heavy post processing it will basically look like white circle, if you also want to have any other details in the scene other than the moon
https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=dynamic+range+photography
there is also phenomenon called telephoto compression often used with the moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephoto_compression
the telephoto thing just looks like we’re about to die or something
Dynamic range might play a role indeed.
I don’t “Telephoto compression” really applies here and I’m pretty sure that photo comparison you included is edited
you mean the one with three moons? indeed it is, there are no three moons in the wild…
I meant that the size of the moon in these photos is edited and the actual effect would not look like that, so it’s misleading
well looking at the missing reflection on the water, you might be right. nevertheless, the effect is real and the image illustrates it well.
https://alphauniverse.com/stories/behind-the-shot-a-super-telephoto-view-of-the-moon-behind-one-world-trade-from-25-miles-away/
Even then, the moon is just bananas small. Half a degree wide. The right display at the right distance would still make the moon look like a little speck. On your phone 12 inches from your face, a life-size picture of the moon would be 1/10 of an inch wide. Just tiny.