Having lived behind the Iron Curtain, the Berlin Wall set of pictures on LIFE
website brings memories. I wanted to show you this picture:
http://www.life.com/gallery/36402/berlin-back-then-life-at-the-wall#index/20
for two reasons:
First, because it is clever and well done
Second, because I have a question.
How did he manage to get this picture? More specifically, the reflection off
the soldier's mirror.
>From what I remember, the rays equal the number of leafs in the iris of the
>lens, which prolly means that he used a star filter? If true, then this aint
>your ordinary mug shot and me thinks that there was tons of previsualization
>and soldier cooperation in order to get it...
Boris
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