Tell-tale signs of dodgy Photoshop doctoring:
1.) The control tower is visible
2.) Part of a boat is missing and the sea is blurred
3.) Shoulder badly cropped
4.) Bottle resting on the roof
5.) Window tint around pilot's glasses doesn't line up
6.) Window shows tarmac instead of the sea
7.) The control panel shows the brake is on
8.) The pilot still has his pre-flight checklist in his hand
Bending the truth.
Environmentalists have long suspected that BP has been playing fast and loose with the truth. Now they have proof.
The company has been caught doctoring photos of its response to the worst oil spill in US history.
Tech website Gizmodo has published two pictures that were posted on BP's official website that clearly show signs of editing - and sloppy editing at that.
One of the images, titled 'View of the MC 252 site from the cockpit of a PHI S-92 helicopter 26 June 2010', was removed from the site after Gizmodo pointed out the helicopter was not in the air but in fact on the ground.
The most glaring error is in the top left hand corner - an air traffic control tower that shouldn't be there.
Other mistakes include a disappearing boat, the poor cropping of the one of the pilot's shoulders, a bottle on the roof and the fact that you can see tarmac out of one of the windows.
Close examination of the control panel also indicates that the helicopter's door and ramp are open and the parking brake on, says Gizmodo.
BP has not responded to Gizmodo's claims but earlier this week it was forced to admit that an image of its control centre in Houston had been altered to make it look busier.
Eagle-eyed bloggers spotted that the two of the screens in the photo looked as if they had another image cut and pasted on top.
BP changed the photo on its website, showing that the two screens had originally been blank.
The company said that the photographer had changed the image merely to show off his Photoshop skills and that there was no ill intent.
BP spokesman Scott Dean said that BP workers were allowed to use Photoshop only for correcting colours and cropping.
Gizmodo blogger Brian Barrett said that BP was more concerned with its image than reality.
'Obviously there are bigger fish to fry when it comes to BP. But every time they fabricate an image like this, it undermines whatever little credibility they have left', he said.
http://gizmodo.com/5592836/bp-photoshops-another-official-image-again-terribly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/21/bp-oil-spill-oil-spills
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296764
News Radicals.
1.) The control tower is visible
2.) Part of a boat is missing and the sea is blurred
3.) Shoulder badly cropped
4.) Bottle resting on the roof
5.) Window tint around pilot's glasses doesn't line up
6.) Window shows tarmac instead of the sea
7.) The control panel shows the brake is on
8.) The pilot still has his pre-flight checklist in his hand
Bending the truth.
Environmentalists have long suspected that BP has been playing fast and loose with the truth. Now they have proof.
The company has been caught doctoring photos of its response to the worst oil spill in US history.
Tech website Gizmodo has published two pictures that were posted on BP's official website that clearly show signs of editing - and sloppy editing at that.
One of the images, titled 'View of the MC 252 site from the cockpit of a PHI S-92 helicopter 26 June 2010', was removed from the site after Gizmodo pointed out the helicopter was not in the air but in fact on the ground.
The most glaring error is in the top left hand corner - an air traffic control tower that shouldn't be there.
Other mistakes include a disappearing boat, the poor cropping of the one of the pilot's shoulders, a bottle on the roof and the fact that you can see tarmac out of one of the windows.
Close examination of the control panel also indicates that the helicopter's door and ramp are open and the parking brake on, says Gizmodo.
BP has not responded to Gizmodo's claims but earlier this week it was forced to admit that an image of its control centre in Houston had been altered to make it look busier.
Eagle-eyed bloggers spotted that the two of the screens in the photo looked as if they had another image cut and pasted on top.
BP changed the photo on its website, showing that the two screens had originally been blank.
The company said that the photographer had changed the image merely to show off his Photoshop skills and that there was no ill intent.
BP spokesman Scott Dean said that BP workers were allowed to use Photoshop only for correcting colours and cropping.
Gizmodo blogger Brian Barrett said that BP was more concerned with its image than reality.
'Obviously there are bigger fish to fry when it comes to BP. But every time they fabricate an image like this, it undermines whatever little credibility they have left', he said.
http://gizmodo.com/5592836/bp-photoshops-another-official-image-again-terribly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/21/bp-oil-spill-oil-spills
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296764
News Radicals.
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