Dave LaCourse wrote:



Shadows? Measure the shadows of legs of the two men. Those are
equal. One shadow may be longer due to the flag being in the picture.
And if one shadow IS longer than the other, how could that trick be
done on earth.


It looks as if the ground they are on is not flat.And as for shadows
of different angles, it looks to be a normal effect
(distortion/pincushion/barrel)achieved with such a wide angle lens being
used. Better panoramas are done with a telephoto lens (seperate shots)
and stuck together.

The disappearing crosshair is just because the item is catching so much
bright sunlight.