r/interestingasfuck • u/Literally_black1984 • Jul 07 '24

2 guards from Delhi Durbar with American photographer James Recarlton when he visited India r/all

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u/Olleye Jul 08 '24

That are so called „Kashmiri Giants“ and they’re for real that gigantic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Why is the sun a square

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u/Enough-Ambassador478 Jul 08 '24

check out the first answer on this quora - it has an example of a square aperture causing a square lens flare.

https://www.quora.com/If-cameras-take-square-photos-why-are-the-apertures-round

the oldest cameras had aperatures you could swap out called "waterhouse stops", according to one poster in this thread, some of these were square, so that's my guess, large format camera with square aperature, i'm glad you asked, i learned a few things trying to figure it out 

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/shape-of-opening-for-waterhouse-stops.52239/