It think its a fake, but a very good one! Few things that give it away are the lack of any Police/authorities and the man in blue at the very front who disappears in the fourth shot.
N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 8008 posts, RR: 27 Reply 6, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1135 times:
I agree, all but the last one look real. The last is obviously faked.
MD11LuxuryLinr From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 16 Reply 10, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1091 times:
That is pretty funny. Fake or not, I'd be dammed if I was going to be the next guy to try to pull anything out of that waterway..
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Thecoz From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1082 times:
What reason do you have for saying the last one is fake?
I believe they are real - all of them. I've taken some advanced classes that deal with doctoring images and detecting doctored images while in college.
Supposing that these images are fake, the most difficult thing would be to emulate the water patterns and splashes. The only way to fool the experts in this case would be to emulate a splash using a 3D graphics program, as well as the water surface.
One of the best ways to check the authenticity is by checking to see if shadows and highlights match everywhere in the picture.
It's also good to look for the reflections in things. Sometimes a person will superimpose an object with the wrong reflections onto the original image.
In doctored photos you can look closely to see if the graininess, hue, saturation, contrast, sharpness blah blah blah all match up for each object in the photo.
I'd personally spend the money to do this in real life rather than to try to doctor the images.
EMBQA From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 9292 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1077 times:
All but the last are real. Notice in the last picture the guy walking away in a white shirt and bluejeans... he is in the 5th photograph in the same position. Also take note of the white Zodic boat and the cars on the pier.
Still pretty funny...
I've taken some advanced classes that deal with doctoring images and detecting doctored images while in college
Did you sleep through class
[Edited 2004-12-11 01:50:02]
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N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 8008 posts, RR: 27 Reply 16, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 997 times:
Anyone who claims the last one is real is nuts. It's clearly just the previous picture of the one truck in the water and the other one is tipped sideways. Apart from being obviously faked, it defies physics to have the 2nd truck in the position.
N766UA From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 8008 posts, RR: 27 Reply 17, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 996 times:
Oh by the way, compare picture #5 to the last one. The guy in the white shirt is in the exact same pose... as is everyone else.
You should get your money back for the photo class
KCmike From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 537 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 937 times:
I am no expert. However to me they come across as looking...real. Aside from things being in a different position. What else is there that proves this? There was obviously some time in between photos (the last two) where "stuff" in the picture could have been moved. I bet 10-15 minutes went buy in between.
Like I said, I am no expert and not doubting. But to the un-trained eye. It looks real. Perhaps some obvious giveways could be explained.
ZKSUJ From New Zealand, joined May 2004, 6974 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 891 times:
I don't know if it is real or not, but it certainly is funny. The biggest truck would not have fallen over. a) it wasn't on a slope like the first truck, and b) it had horizontal stabilizers on each side.
EmiratesA345 From Canada, joined Jun 2003, 2120 posts, RR: 9 Reply 24, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 835 times:
What a coincidence. My dad was showing me this in an e-mail that he received today, however it ended after the first truck fell in.
I agree, all the pictures with the exception of the last, are real.
I thought it was quite odd that they would try to lift something so heavy out of the water, with a truck that didn't have outriggers.
Mark
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27 KCmike: i too didnt see the last picture as it wasnt fully loaded up. It cant be real now that I see what you have been talking about.
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