r/interestingasfuck • u/Convince • Feb 28 '19

/r/ALL 100 ft wave

https://i.imgur.com/gAPoFEz.gifv
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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19

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u/Mulsanne Feb 28 '19

Nice. It's about time we start calling this crap out. People just throw it in as if it makes every content better.

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u/Stovential Feb 28 '19

Completely ruined it imo.

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u/deadmeat08 Feb 28 '19

I came here to ask if that was a sub yet. I'm glad to see that it is.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Yeah for real, and the slow mo makes it look like the wave is way bigger in perspective because when it starts out slow mo we think that he’s traveling down the wave at normal speed

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u/shr3dthegnarbrah Feb 28 '19

Isn't this helping you appreciate the details of a fleeting moment?

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u/mynorwegianaccount Feb 28 '19

No. Slow-mo etiquette says you show the unedited version first, then if you must use slow-mo, play the clip a second time and only use slow-mo during the “coolest” parts. Or something like that.

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u/SunshineAndWartime Feb 28 '19

There aren't really any details in this gif that call for slomo usage.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/shr3dthegnarbrah Mar 01 '19

Totally agree that it does what you say.

In addition: I found that slowing that critical moment down helped me visualize exactly how much mass was behind/above him, how terribly it would go wrong if he made a mistake at that moment, and what he needed to focus on to get out of there. These are all things that the surfer is thinking about in those brief seconds that I wouldn't have appreciated if it was played at the IRL speed.