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03/20/2014 12:27:52 PM · #26 |
| Now if they followed DPC procedure, this fake would have been discovered well before voting was over! :) |
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03/20/2014 12:28:26 PM · #27 |
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03/20/2014 12:32:16 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by frisca:
Now if they followed DPC procedure, this fake would have been discovered well before voting was over! :) |
And announced three months later. ;)
(just kidding, you guys have been doing great lately!) |
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03/20/2014 12:47:08 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
one hundred and twenty dollars? or one hundred and twenty THOUSAND dollars? |
120 GRAND. Huge Payout. |
what even is this thing. even the purlitzer prize is pays a small fraction of this. i have never heard of a photography competition that pays this much. |
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03/20/2014 01:01:30 PM · #30 |
//hipa.ae/en/
Message edited by author 2014-03-20 13:04:16. |
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03/20/2014 01:06:29 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
one hundred and twenty dollars? or one hundred and twenty THOUSAND dollars? |
120 GRAND. Huge Payout. |
what even is this thing. even the purlitzer prize is pays a small fraction of this. i have never heard of a photography competition that pays this much. |
It's Dubai. They print snapshots and light cigars on money there. |
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03/20/2014 01:09:36 PM · #32 |
| I'll just say this - I have taken photos that resulted in optical anomalies that make it look like bad photoshop. If he did shop it, I am surprised there is no validation process and also surprised that he would do it. Who knows. |
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03/20/2014 01:36:52 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I'll just say this - I have taken photos that resulted in optical anomalies that make it look like bad photoshop. If he did shop it, I am surprised there is no validation process and also surprised that he would do it. Who knows. |
Agree with Art, My thinking is with a shot so nice (yes I like it) if you P-shop the thing, and you did a fine job, why leave a arm that looks dis-attached?? I've seen stuff in my shots like this that you go OMG what the heck, just weird angle, plus the robe falling every where. The smoothness of the chalk, hummm don't have an answer for that one. Maybe special Cave chalk?? like the cave men used???
Just giving the poor bloke the benefit of the doubt! |
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03/20/2014 01:40:22 PM · #34 |
For shits and giggles I ran it threw Photoshop- raw filter- bumped exposure.
He has 3 arms LOL |
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03/20/2014 02:20:21 PM · #35 |
| what's wrong with you guys? don't you know a miracle when you see it? the right hand of God, the writing on the wall, the wolf jumping over the gate? |
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03/20/2014 04:37:18 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by see:
For shits and giggles I ran it threw Photoshop- raw filter- bumped exposure.
He has 3 arms LOL |
The brightening actually helps! To me it looks like he has a gray shawl over the orange robe. That would certainly account for the odd angle. As for the texture of the wall, it is possible he added structure through processing which made the wall look rougher than it is, and then dodge the writing to make it more legible.
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03/20/2014 04:48:49 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
Originally posted by see:
For shits and giggles I ran it threw Photoshop- raw filter- bumped exposure.
He has 3 arms LOL |
The brightening actually helps! To me it looks like he has a gray shawl over the orange robe. That would certainly account for the odd angle. As for the texture of the wall, it is possible he added structure through processing which made the wall look rougher than it is, and then dodge the writing to make it more legible. |
Unless the guy has a very serious deformity, I doubt the image could be real.
Take a look at the proportions of his arm - there's no way his forearm is 2x the length of his upper arm.
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03/20/2014 04:57:17 PM · #38 |
| I think you guys are seeing boogy men. That arm looks totally normal to me. It's the hang of his robe that makes it look different. I have no trouble believing it's real. |
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03/20/2014 05:00:31 PM · #39 |
I agree with Johanna and Doc now that I have seen it brighter. There's a shawl in the mix that makes it look weird. Cory, the elbow if just OUTSIDE of where the lapel of the robe is hanging. Also, FWIW Image Error Analysis showed ZERO hint of a cloned-in-arm.
Message edited by author 2014-03-20 17:01:15. |
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03/20/2014 05:23:26 PM · #40 |
lighting matches, clothes look good, angle looks good - looks legit to me:
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03/20/2014 05:56:26 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
lighting matches, clothes look good, angle looks good - looks legit to me:
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In addition, it even looks like his arm is slightly bent, and we're actually seeing his elbow! It is definitely a VERY odd angle, but between the robe, the shawl, the fact that the robe may have been swinging lightly from the movement of writing on the wall, I can believe this is real. We have gotten SO jaded :) |
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03/20/2014 05:57:22 PM · #42 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
We have gotten SO jaded :) |
Yes, we have, and I'm still not convinced. :)
ELA does indicate that it's genuine though, so I'm inclined to believe.
Message edited by author 2014-03-20 18:00:40. |
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03/20/2014 06:05:31 PM · #43 |
It still looks fake to me. If the robe were partially obscuring the arm wouldn't there be some evidence of disruption to the drape of the robe? It just seems to fall smoothly without any three dimensional influence to interrupt its flow. Also, it appears to me as if the bottom of the orange bit is on the outside of the robe, not emerging from it. It just looks totally *stuck on*.
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03/20/2014 06:14:18 PM · #44 |
| The lighting is spot on perfectly matched comparing the hand and the head. I find it extremely difficult to believe someone would be so meticulous recreating the light to shoot the hand and then heavy-hand the photoshop job. |
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03/20/2014 06:27:18 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
The lighting is spot on perfectly matched comparing the hand and the head. I find it extremely difficult to believe someone would be so meticulous recreating the light to shoot the hand and then heavy-hand the photoshop job. |
Not sure if it's fake or not but he could have taken the arm from another taken there a few seconds/minutes after/before. Maybe this shot was very good except for the arm position. My mind was just wandering :) |
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03/20/2014 06:29:46 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by jomari:
It still looks fake to me. If the robe were partially obscuring the arm wouldn't there be some evidence of disruption to the drape of the robe? It just seems to fall smoothly without any three dimensional influence to interrupt its flow. Also, it appears to me as if the bottom of the orange bit is on the outside of the robe, not emerging from it. It just looks totally *stuck on*. |
yes, my observation too. |
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03/20/2014 06:29:53 PM · #47 |
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Not sure if it's fake or not but he could have taken the arm from another taken there a few seconds/minutes after/before. Maybe this shot was very good except for the arm position. My mind was just wandering :) |
Good point. I still feel it's legit. :)
Message edited by author 2014-03-20 18:30:17. |
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03/20/2014 06:57:21 PM · #48 |
Anything is possible, I suppose, but that arm and hand just look so out of proportion to the guy's head -- the length of the hand looks to be about the length of the head. That's not natural! There's also something white that runs from the guy's neck over his chest and part of the arm which makes it look like the arm is floating in air. Then there's some weird smudge from the arm into the cloak, and the arm looks like it's superimposed over the cloak. I would definitely like to see the original to figure out what's going on.
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03/20/2014 07:07:54 PM · #49 |
| After I saved the image to my computer, and increased exposure in Photoshop raw, then opened in Photoshop. There was no doubt in my mind this is faked. I looks like 2 hands folded over the stomach, and that is a floating arm. |
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03/20/2014 07:48:15 PM · #50 |
Originally posted by see:
After I saved the image to my computer, and increased exposure in Photoshop raw, then opened in Photoshop. There was no doubt in my mind this is faked. I looks like 2 hands folded over the stomach, and that is a floating arm. |
LOL! I guess if we look really hard, we can find the other sock in there as well. |
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