Has this photo been manipulated?

2009-06-08 11:18:59

#1

Graphic-J: The Artist formerly known as GraphicArtist-J; +196|6354|So Cal

Does anyone else think this photo looks manipulated?

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-br … 8880.photo

According to LATimes, they swear it's not, that the cinder block lines are just reflections. I think the point where the left shoulder (of the guy on the left) meets the wall looks really suspect (especially that bit of mortar that starts to move down and then stops). Also, when you think about it, there are very few vertical bits of mortar in this image... unusual for cinder blocks, IMO. Plus... looks like someone went wild with a distort transformation on this thing.

Just curious what you all think. I'm all for manipulating the heck out of photos -- except where news & science are involved.

... lol:

https://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-06/47249892.jpg

2009-06-08 11:21:00

#2

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6016|Catherine Black

The light on the right shoulder looks legit. Look on the back wall, the line continues.

Wall over the guy is just weird.

2009-06-08 11:55:11

#3

Bull3t: stephen brule; +83|6529

I didn't know a solid wall could reflect light so much that you can see right through a person

2009-06-08 13:10:56

#4

konfusion: mostly afk; +480|6777|CH/BR - in UK

Looks fine to me - if you took it through glass or something. A stupid photographer leaving on his flash - why not, right?

-kon

2009-06-08 13:16:14

#5

Graphic-J: The Artist formerly known as GraphicArtist-J; +196|6354|So Cal

^ Ahhh....
...
Very good, best answer.
I think you got it.
Reflection of the glass on the other side...
The mortar groove lines just so happened to be aligned the same.... Thanks
...
Guess this question need not be mailed to Mythbusters.

2009-06-08 14:05:44

#6

DefCon-17: Maple Syrup Faggot; +362|6384|Vancouver | Canada

Left guy is a ghost? D:

2009-06-08 21:56:23

#7

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6828|132 and Bush

Yes it has. Clearly it's been resized.. possibly cropped.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-06-08 21:58:51

#8

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6750|...

obvious shoop is obvious

2009-06-08 22:23:51

#9

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6380|what

Fake photo starts to the left of the red line. The white line between the two men was where the original photo was chosen to be manipulated by the editor.

The guy on the left has been added into the photo and at a transparency rate which clearly shows the wall behind him. If it was simply a reflection, you would not see each of the lines cutting through him at perfect angles. Look at the 3 lines across his shirt, matching perfectly with the lines across his face and hair. A reflection would not do this. And its not a timelapse photo because of the line through his chin continuing past where the bricks should be. lol

The left guy and wall were both added and then thrown into this pic.

I even think that the guy on the right has been messed with. The face does not look right at all. It is really disproportionate to the body and you can see a few feint lines across his neck and upper lip.

Pretty obvious it's a fake.

2009-06-08 22:41:58

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6828|132 and Bush

It is possible to have some of those symptoms with poor lighting.. but the lighting looks fine to me. You would also almost certainly have a blur as well.

I wish we had the the original metadata. However the master fauxtographer edits that as well.
http://www.deke.com/content/metadata-fo … at-a-crock

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-06-08 22:52:44

#11

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6376|'straya

A photo taken through glass that is reflecting another wall?

2009-06-09 07:28:10

#12

OmniDeath: ~; +726|6871

AussieReaper wrote:
If it was simply a reflection, you would not see each of the lines cutting through him at perfect angles. Look at the 3 lines across his shirt, matching perfectly with the lines across his face and hair.

The lines do not match up perfectly.

2009-06-09 08:32:46

#13

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6681|The Twilight Zone

he was copied there but then someone reduced the transparency too much

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2009-06-09 08:37:28

#14

Swan: The town bike; +54|5675

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
A photo taken through glass that is reflecting another wall?

That is what I was thinking

2009-06-09 08:52:07

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6681|The Twilight Zone

JimSwanson wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
A photo taken through glass that is reflecting another wall?
That is what I was thinking

the lines are aligned too perfectly to fit such a story

2009-06-09 08:57:50

#16

Swan: The town bike; +54|5675

.Sup wrote:
JimSwanson wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
A photo taken through glass that is reflecting another wall?
That is what I was thinking
the lines are aligned too perfectly to fit such a story

Well, unlikely, yet possible

2009-06-09 09:28:44

#17

Mint Sauce: Frighteningly average; +780|6514|eng

Of course it's manipulated. Unless we've found the worlds first transluscent man..

Look at the cinderblock wall, and the other walls, they don't meet at a 90 degree angle, and all the other walls are plastered, but that one isn't. If it was legit, the little outcrop before the door would be cinder aswell.

#rekt

2009-06-09 09:52:45

#18

iNfinity.: Member; +12|5871|Norway

You can clearly see that the part from his left shoulder to right shoulder is transparent. Its manipulated IMO

Last edited by iNfinity. (2009-06-09 09:55:25)

2009-06-09 12:01:53

#19

looks like they stuck two photos together -he should be fired for such a crap job ! haha

https://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v292/96/65/567615575/n567615575_3122349_5203.jpg

https://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/62/l_9de39024834eda8017be368bbeba7802.jpg

color manipulated on the pool one but they show how a long exposure take can look awsum

2009-06-09 16:02:05

#20

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6376|'straya

If the guy on the left was pasted in.... Why would they make him transparent lol?

2009-06-11 11:55:54

#21

Graphic-J: The Artist formerly known as GraphicArtist-J; +196|6354|So Cal

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
A photo taken through glass that is reflecting another wall?

..
^ I'm pretty sure it's that you guys
I think the LA Jail won't let prisoners interact with photographers... probably only through windows (thus glass).
...
It's a glass reflection on the Photographer's side.
The brick alignment was just a big coincidence.

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