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attgig
08-14-2008, 02:01 PM
ok, is it just me or is this a REALLY REALLY bad photochop?

http://img.breitbart.com/images/2008/8/14/ap-p/26372ff9-3937-4792-b829-38d25be74a77.jpg

yes, it's a real AP photo. story here:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory?id=5576812&page=4


perhaps it's the perspective from which the photo was shot?!?! but a cow the size of a tank!??!?!?!?!
Markel
08-14-2008, 02:10 PM
Seems like the shadow from the cow is not the same direction as the shadow from the tank. Perhaps the cow was using a different sun.
attgig
08-14-2008, 02:12 PM
ok
just found another one

http://media.kansascity.com/smedia/2008/08/14/14/490Georgia_Russia_Conflict.sff.standalone.prod_affiliate.81.jpg

http://www.kansascity.com/449/story/747853.html
uncledaddy
08-14-2008, 02:38 PM
Perhaps the cow was using a different sun.

:laugh:


oohhhh! Army men, I wanna play! :heh: They so look like toys. :hmm:
Napoleon54
08-14-2008, 04:00 PM
wtf?! this is ABC! I wonder if they got hacked, someone spliced in a pic from The Onion?
bachviet
08-14-2008, 04:00 PM
:laugh:

Those are great for a good laugh.
guiseppewv
08-14-2008, 10:17 PM
:heh: That is some funny stuff! I think I can photochop better and that ain't sayin' much!
attgig
08-15-2008, 06:26 AM
wtf?! this is ABC! I wonder if they got hacked, someone spliced in a pic from The Onion?

these are photos that the associated press puts out, and ALL news networks will use in their articles.
DarkFury
08-15-2008, 10:58 AM
maybe the photographer was hiding BEHIND the cow when he took the photo! :heh:


ZIPPY... eat your heart out!!! :heh:
renovation
08-15-2008, 12:21 PM
[QUOTE=DarkFury]maybe the photographer was hiding BEHIND the cow when he took the photo! :heh:

didn,t you mean up in the behind of the cow :hehehmm:
zippyjuan
08-15-2008, 03:41 PM
Those are some odd photos to use for a news story. They could be real- in the first one, the cow is in the shade of some tree it appears. Also note that the focus is on the soldiers and gear and not the cow- the cow would have to be much closer to you than the troops. But again, odd pics to use with the story. The cows have no contribution to the image and in fact distract and detract from them. If I was shooting there (and I would rather not be shooting a camera where others are shooting guns!) I would not have even submitted such a picture (although editors want the entire series to give them context and proof of validity of other pictures- they do not want you deleting bad ones otherwise it looks like they might be getting censored). They do not want you to edit them yourself in any way. They will do the editing themselves.