[Editor’s Note – I am am American of Swedish ancestry so I keep up on Swedish news. Afton Bladet is a real paper and this is real news. The photo is “Photoshopped” as we will demonstrate further.]
Via our friends at Gateway Pundit:
Swedish news agency Afton Bladet claims the famous “chipmunk in the small chair” was photoshopped.
What’s wrong with this picture?
The Swedish news agency Afton Bladet says Obama was photoshopped into the picture. AB insists that the president was just way to small in the picture. It must be a fake. Via Free Republic.
Indeed it is an obvious Photoshop.
Not only is President Obama sized incorrectly when inserted, but look at the light angles of the flash. Judging by the glare it is clear that the flash is being held up and to the right of where the camera is (and aimed slightly upward as well). This is a tactic that helps reduce “redeye effect” and is used to reduce the amount of glare in the photo. It is obviously a directed photo because all of the laptop screens are off.
I used Microsoft Paint to add the red circles which remakes the entire picture, but if you look at the “original” photo up top examine Obama’s shoulders and then look at Biden’s. Obama is obviously a digital insertion because one can see how pixilated the angle of his shoulders are against the beige wall and one can see that Biden’s shoulders are not pixilated (they are smooth). Vice President Biden was in the room. President Obama was not.
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I agree for a different reason.. Obama is in the corner, which is why he looks smaller. He’s just away from the table. Moreover, those in the back don’t have the glare from the flash. What does surprise me is that Obama is sitting in a chair in the corner, which makes no sense. I’ve been to meetings like this and they always reserve the best seat for the boss.
I’m sorry… that photo is not shopped. Zoom in on the guy to his left and check out the Abberation on the shirt, now look at obama’s clothes and the side of his head.
It’s the same exact chromatic abberation exhibited by a lens opened up to about 2.8~4
Not to mention the focal plane is accurate for that stop in this situation, where the lens is likely to be a 24mm or so.
If this is a photoshop then they’ve got the most detailed shopper on the planet.
Also, don’t forget he’s got darker skin: it’s going to reflect surfaces ten times easier than pale skin.
Any experienced photographer would be able to tell you that’s real.