evangilder
"Shooter"
Reposting from my photo analysis from facebook
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There has been some debate about the photo provided by the AP of the Galloping Ghost "just seconds before the crash". I have to call BS. Let's take a look at the image as published.
Now let's rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise.
It looks like the perfect orientation for a static photo.
I need to add some aviation related stuff at this point. The propeller appears to be stopped, all the control surfaces are neutral with no visible deflection and it appears to have no one in the cockpit. Now lets look at other parts of this photo.
The reflection is horizontal! This leads to at the very least a question of the orientation of the photo. Also there appears to be considerable pixellation in the area around the spinner.
Now lets take a look around the rest of the aircraft and see. There appears to be considerable pixellation around the edges of the image, which is evidence of tampering.
It is my belief that this was a doctored photo passed off as a "just before impact" shot. It is quite an easy edit to do, but it is also not difficult to see the evidence of doctoring. There are clear signs that this photo started out as a static display that was edited to have the background and main landing gear edited out, then placed over a cloud sky photo.
This was a horribly tragedy that is getting a lot of visibility. It is the responsibility of he press to get the facts right. It is a disservice to the casualties of the event to publish doctored images.
This photo you posted may be accurate, since the angle (perspective) is correct. So is the shading and prop blur.Here is another photo of the aircraft immediately before impact. Note how the prop is "stopped" and the tail wheel is down in this photo as well. The photos in question were not "doctored."
Moss
The vertical photo is a doctored fake. The AP was totally duped on that shot. I did a photo analysis on that photo and it is an obvious fake, IMO.
The photo we were discussing is not. The reflections in the spinner indicate a static aircraft with the reflections being along a horizontal line AND the angle the photograph was taken at would mean the photograph would have to have been taken DIRECTLY off the aircraft's port wing, meaning the photographer was either in an aircraft alongside or a high platform/tower...
Just think about it for a split second. (It shouldn't even take that long.) If these photographs were indeed photoshopped, how did they know to: (1) drop the tail wheel AND (2) remove the pilot from view BEFORE any other photographs of the event were published?? Because the photographs in question were the very first.
It's no wonder how all those whacked out 9-11/UFO/Kennedy assasination conspiracy theories got going. Good grief.
Bronc
Just think about it for a split second. (It shouldn't even take that long.) If these photographs were indeed photoshopped, how did they know to: (1) drop the tail wheel AND (2) remove the pilot from view BEFORE any other photographs of the event were published?? Because the photographs in question were the very first.
It's no wonder how all those whacked out 9-11/UFO/Kennedy assasination conspiracy theories got going. Good grief.
Bronc
In the shot of he aircraft going straight down, what happened to the pilot???? Even if he was incapacitated or even dead, you are strapped into these aircraft in such a matter that a body or torso would ALWAYS be seen, especially from the side. I've sat and flown in many military type aircraft including a P-51 (just sat in it) and I can tell you once strapped in you cannot move much or remove your body from being viewed from the side!!! Explain that one genius!