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50 Unexplainable Photos

Warbaby

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Little Griselda was not happy with her new hair style...

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Mario

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wrong again.... sorry Flat

That photo has been photoshopped - and how! Well, at least it has been composited - you don't really need Photoshop to do this kind of work; there are other dedicated software packages out there, even though most of them are used on film and video sequences rather than still images (Combustion/Shake/After Effects/Fusion etc.). I still work with Photoshop a lot and a few years ago this kind of digital compositing/matte painting stuff was exactly part of what I was doing for a living: blending a lot of different elements into a single image - and make it convincing. If you blow up this particular photo you can actually tell where that whole owl tableau has been blended into the Louise Brooks photo. Add to that that the lighting situation on the owl rig doesn't quite match that of the main plate. This is defnitely a composite image.

For starters, here's the original background plate without all that owl junk:


Annex%20-%20Brooks,%20Louise_37.jpg




20sowlhat1.jpg
 
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Gregg Axley

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Bravo Mario.
Yep, I wondered why I didn't see the shadow of the owl on her head.
Of course each time I viewed the pic it was evening, and I'd had a bit of wine.
When you do that, you don't wonder about too much. :)
 

HadleyH

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That photo has been photoshopped -

Right again, sorry Mario! :blah: lol


photoshopped or not it weird, isn't it, like so many photos in this thread!



4spurs I also saw that same hat at Will & Kate's wedding . . . and it wasn't photoshopped! (or was it Mario?)lol
 

Deco-Doll-1928

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That photo has been photoshopped - and how! Well, at least it has been composited - you don't really need Photoshop to do this kind of work; there are other dedicated software packages out there, even though most of them are used on film and video sequences rather than still images (Combustion/Shake/After Effects/Fusion etc.). I still work with Photoshop a lot and a few years ago this kind of digital compositing/matte painting stuff was exactly part of what I was doing for a living: blending a lot of different elements into a single image - and make it convincing. If you blow up this particular photo you can actually tell where that whole owl tableau has been blended into the Louise Brooks photo. Add to that that the lighting situation on the owl rig doesn't quite match that of the main plate. This is defnitely a composite image.

For starters, here's the original background plate without all that owl junk:


Annex%20-%20Brooks,%20Louise_37.jpg




20sowlhat1.jpg

I was about to say, Lulu tell me it isn't so!
 

Chas

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StrangeHairGirl_5x8.jpg


"Now, didn't I warn you what would happen if you didn't stay still while mummy was cutting your hair? We're going to take that photo now. And this is going RIGHT on the mantlepiece."
 

HadleyH

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It's like the poor child has a really bad hair piece on! Please someone tell that's the case?

That is absolutely the case , that creature from outer space is bold, two hair pieces have been stuck to either side of the head ,the photographer insisted.
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she likes vinyl
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she hates it .... but I am not going to explain anything! :whistling
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