Bizarre Looking Bush Photo

[MostlyLurks]

Go to the front page of CNN.com and look at the picture of Bush and Pickles waving from the steps to Air Force 1. Is that Photoshopped? I can't help but think it is, and quite badly. Why would CNN.com post a bogus pitcure of something so inane? I don't get it.

Wish I knew how to post a picture so you could see it direct, but I don't know how.

Mostly

[kikiek]

1. Sure looks like it to me

[NYC]

2. Picture.

President and Mrs. Bush arrive in Brussels, Belgium, home of NATO headquarters.

[shance]

6. I thought you were joking. This is the picture on the cnn page.

I can't believe what a bad job it is!

[VOX]

15. If it's a flash photo, why isn't his wrist reflecting light?

Totally weird photo.

[DS1]

20. Why should his wrist reflect light if his face isn't?

It's just a flash, nothing to get all :tinfoilhat: over, people.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

26. His reflection doesn't show up in mirrors either

Haven't you read any vampire books?

[AlFrankenFan]

23. That really looks Photoshopped

I'll send it to a friend of mine who really knows graphics well.

[alfredo]

3. right click the image

copy image location, then paste it in your text field.

[MostlyLurks]

5. Thanks.

[alfredo]

29. Yer welcomed

[madrchsod]

4. very strange photo indeed

looks like someone cut out their picture and pasted them on the background but i think it`s just the lighting

[Champion Jack]

7. It's what happens when you use a flash at sundown

[Hans Delbrook]

8. That is soooo strange

It's not only photoshopped it's really poorly done. I know grade school kids who could do a better job. Seriously.

I know he's a phony but that actually looks like a cardboard cutout.

[Angry Girl]

12. CNN is maybe trying to make a point....

That it doesn't matter WTF they put out there, the public will buy it. Except that they're wrong....

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. I think we juyst have the wierd mix of an odd angle, a flash, twighlight,

lots of metal, and them being backlit.

It loks awful, yes, but I don't think it's photoshopped. I think it merely the result of a very strange combination of photographic variables.

[Ignoramus]

13. black outline

It looks as if there is a black outline around pickles' head, like someone was really bad at erasing the original background. Also, black under der fuehrer's ears.

[Placebo]

10. Why is the Presidential Seal surrounded by like GOLD?

King George, eh? :eyes:

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. I can't even think of words to describe how truly bizarre that is

:wtf:

[Angry Girl]

16. Maybe too many vegetables were being hurled....

And that is Photoshopped for sure. The two creeps were cut out from somewhere else and pasted. And it's an AP photo.

On a related note, for those of you who missed out, visit the recent article "Identical Photo Used in Stories on both Iran and N. Korea was also used with IRAQ Stories!" at

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001192.htm

[kk897]

14. wow, you're right. weird. n/t

[Placebo]

17. Here are a few BIGGER versions:

[MostlyLurks]

18. It's only the "profile" shots that look weird.

Given the number of posters who said it's a combination of weird effects and the fact that the "full frontal: shots look correct, it's pretty definitive that the fake-looking picture is real. But it's still freaky looking - even the second one you posted is odd. Chimpy looks like a tiny little boy in comparison to the size of the steps. Just the angle, I guess.

Mostly

[Angry Girl]

19. wow, i could have SWORN they were cut out

They shouldn't have used the image though. That was just stupid. Especially as much as the MSM is under fire these days. They really must think they have nothing to worry about.

[DS1]

21. The MSM is under fire? For what?

And what's stupid about the image? There were too many lights, in fact to make it look normal you'd have to photoshop it.

I don't understand what your point is.

[Angry Girl]

30. here are some articles about the MSM and their credibility

Regardless of whether it's been Photoshopped or not, it *looks* fake. CNN ended up changing the photo later on.

Did you read the article at Brad's Blog I referenced? Here's one of many articles about the MSM and its increasing lack of utility:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,1418539,00.html

On the internet, the mainstream media is derided and scorned. One question is dominating US newsrooms and television studios: ignored, scandalised and now corrupted, just what is America's mainstream media for anymore?
....
The mainstream media has approached the story warily, while right-wing organisations such as Fox News have largely ignored it.

That has created a vacuum in the US media. It is a space being filled by 'bloggers' from both left and right who write personal journals, or weblogs, on the internet. It is here that the real media battles are now being fought. The internet has become a sort of Fifth Estate as the Fourth Estate of the mainstream media has slid toward irrelevance.
....
The old-fashioned mainstream media is disappearing. 'Once that pattern is put in place, it is going to be hard to break,' said Lule.

How the media shot themselves in the foot

A series of scandals have not helped the American media's reputation and its struggle for independence.

[candle_bright]

22. Definitely a weird looking photo!

I thought it looked photoshopped too. But then again, why photoshop a pic when the backdrop is Air Force One? LOL.

[Hatalles]

24. It's a strange looking photo but it's legit. There are others.

And this pre-flight photo:



The only thing I don't understand is... who the hell are they waving to?

[miss_kitty]

25. just saw the moving picture version-it's not photoshopped

move along people. There's nothing to see here...show's over.

[No Mandate Here.]

27. The blue isn't sky, it is the side of an absurdly large airplane,

which, IMHO, is OBSCENE for flying the king and his court all the places they go. For the Bamboozlepalooza, all the campaign events that WE ALL PAY FOR, and all his VACATIONS, we are, indeed, all getting REAMED by the King and his court.

Sorry for Ranting! (not really)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

28. *ahem*

When was this taken? Sunset?

Flash does that when the sun is setting.

[montana_hazeleyes]

31. What shocked me is

they both cast shadows.

[RagingInMiami]

32. This question was also raised on www.photo.net, another website I post on

And these guys are pretty much photoshop experts.

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BE2S