In the book, a Staffel of Messerschmidt's escorted Churchill to the meeting with Hitler, which is why he had no escort flight booked for the 12th June. I have no idea if these dates really matched RAF and Luftwaffe flights etc in real life, but the book is reasonably well written, and passes a train commute .... The reason why I am mentioning this at all, is that in this particular print (2009), the cover featured a spoof photo of Hitler meeting Churchill and an aide, and as I have been using photo shop to repair old pictures, I was interested in this skill.
I then realised that in some of the pictures I have 'repaired':
(a) It would have been very easy to alter them significantly, and
(b) If I had printed them on photo paper, it might be difficult to easily say where the alterations had been made.
Bad photo fixing, usually ignores things like shadow lines, sight lines (where the eyes are looking), or ridiculously attempts to stick faces on to false bodies (for some reason, porn sites feature this particular type), and just looks daft. Good ones are far more subtle, and can often be very hard to spot, even with a computer.
I did a jokey one on The Thirteen MP's posting - it was not intended to fool anyone, but just illustrate the story.
Spartan Warrior ... No! |
However the same techniques could be used to make all sort of historical photos look real ..... using Hitler Meets Churchill as my template ...... I produced this. On the right blurry photo-paper and suitably battered it could look real enough.
Faked Image |
Faked Image Aged |
But the web also has many 'the Nazi's had Alien technology' theories, which are often backed up by pictures such as this ....
Fake Hitler And Alien |
Then there are the Obama and the aliens ...
Faked Obama And Alien |
And even proof positive, about what many believed to be the truth on Ross Perot.
Ross Perot and Alien |
Of course its easy to find pictures that look fake but are real ..... yes, Hitler really did bow his head in deference to another 'Giant' German (literally, he looks huge in this picture) .... in this case Hindenburg, who he feared while he was alive.
Real Hitler And Hindenburg |
But this photo faking has been practised since the camera was invented ..... first you see him.
Stalin And Young Comrade |
Then you don't ....
Faked - Young Comrade Erased |
..... and not a computer or photo-shop in sight ..... just the will of Stalin.
There is Nothing is New under the Sun .......
What 'Aliens' in the Whitehouse!? I thought that was the Bushes.
ReplyDeleteIts an odd thought that one of those Churchill & Hitler examples above, will, almost certainly start doing the rounds as 'proof' on some website or other in the near future.
ReplyDeleteIts the nature of human nature on the web that those that want to believe will do so, with only a little evidence, and despite the fact that 'the truth is out there' as the TV show said.
Well its turned up at least once here.
DeleteHi, sorry about the late reply, I was a bit tardy about comment replies, but have improved now. I confess that having just re-read the post I do have a soft spot for photo-fakes, especially good ones but they are dangerous. The Protocols of Zion, which were faked claims bout world Jewry, and were not even well done, are still circulating as 'fact' in some groups.
ReplyDeleteThe damage it has done is almost incalculable, but lets start with millions killed in Nazi concentration camps, and just add the millions more killed in all the pogroms the fake prompted or 'justified'.