by Stardance_the_Forgetful » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:54 am
The explanation seems inconsistent with the photograph. If Venus is in the west, then the photo was taken from the east. But the Statue of Liberty is on a small island in the Hudson River, on the west side of Manhattan island. Its position to the left of the viewer implies that the photographer was facing eastward to photograph the port. So, Venus would be rising as the morning star and the moon would be rising as well. I don't know about you, but I don't recall ever seeing the moon rising in the west -- like the Sun, it is setting when we see it in the west and Venus is the evening star.
The only way for the explanation to be correct is for a negative of the photograph to be printed as a negative per se -- the camera reverses left and right in the negative on film. But was this photo taken with film, or with a digital camera? Regardless, I have no idea how the Statue of Liberty would be included in the picture if the photographer was facing west, across the East River. Then again, the Port of New York is on the west side of Manhattan Island. The only dock on the eastern side of Manhattan that I ever saw was for a ferry to Ellis Island and/or to Riker's Island.
The explanation seems inconsistent with the photograph. If Venus is in the west, then the photo was taken from the east. But the Statue of Liberty is on a small island in the Hudson River, on the west side of Manhattan island. Its position to the left of the viewer implies that the photographer was facing eastward to photograph the port. So, Venus would be rising as the morning star and the moon would be rising as well. I don't know about you, but I don't recall ever seeing the moon rising in the west -- like the Sun, it is setting when we see it in the west and Venus is the evening star.
The only way for the explanation to be correct is for a negative of the photograph to be printed as a negative per se -- the camera reverses left and right in the negative on film. But was this photo taken with film, or with a digital camera? Regardless, I have no idea how the Statue of Liberty would be included in the picture if the photographer was facing west, across the East River. Then again, the Port of New York is on the west side of Manhattan Island. The only dock on the eastern side of Manhattan that I ever saw was for a ferry to Ellis Island and/or to Riker's Island.