Re: An alarming amount of image manipulation - the plot thickens

Posted by rjpalmer on
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I think the most interesting thing about the whole story is, at least
according to Al Kamen (the writer of the column at WP), that what is
apparently the identical image was published in the Post in 2006.  I
guess a certain military press releases are even better the second
(or third or fourth) time around.

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>Following Dale's observation
>That was my impression too until I went to see the original image:
>http://www.daylife.com/photo/0guG4uX12E4bT/Sepah_News
>
>The straight line cutting the smoke at the right side of the truck on
>the low res image of the WP page is an artefact of the destructive
>comprseeion used (probably Jpeg).
>
>Take home message, image manipulation also comes unwillingly, thus
>always go back, to original image!
>Cheers
>Eric
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dale Callaham <[hidden email]>
>Date: Friday, July 11, 2008 3:39 pm
>Subject: Re: An alarming amount of image manipulation - the plot
>thickens
>To: [hidden email]
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>>  Search the CONFOCAL archive at
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>>  Dear Robert and others,
>>
>>  I'm not sure what is going on with the images, but I think that it
>>  is
>>  likely that the image on the RIGHT has been tampered, making me
>>  wonder
>>  about the validity of either of the images. On the apparently
>>  "original"
>>  right member image there is a vertical line at the left limit of
>>  the
>>  dust/smoke of the rightmost rocket - was the second from right
>>  missle
>>  dud pasted in or was the rightmost rocket pasted in covering 2
>>  duds as
>>  only one? Is someone trying to discredit the Iranians by adding in
>>  the
>>  dud over a launch? And the smoke trail of the second-from-left
>>  missle in
>>  the 2 images does not match so that image area is also modified in
>>  one
>>  or the other image.
>>
>>  Dale
>>
>>  Robert J. Palmer Jr. wrote:
>>  > Search the CONFOCAL archive at
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>>  > Not sure if one can view this Washington Post web page without
>>  creating
>>  > a free user account, but give it a shot (pardon the pun).
>>  >
>>  > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
>>  dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071002709.html>
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