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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - There have been a number of questions surrounding a picture of Susan Powell and her family since it first surfaced on an anonymous website earlier this month. Among those questions, is it legitimate? The picture on www.susanpowell.org shows Susan, Josh and their two boys posing in front of a large fire. Their campground is covered in snow and it is night. http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20 … dJ8sw.cspx Mar 16 10 08:40 am Link Real Mar 16 10 08:45 am Link Sure looks fake to me. Using a popup flash, I'd expect the flame to not be so bright, also, the perspective seems off. Mar 16 10 08:46 am Link Leroy Dickson wrote: Maybe this was a big image, and it was cropped down to this view? Do you see they have intentionally blurred the kids there too? Mar 16 10 10:23 am Link From what I understand they think it is the husband is involved in the foul play of his wife disapearance. What I found interesting is that the actual website made the husband sound like a construction worker and as you get to the bottom it says he is a computer programmer and loves photography? so who knows maybe he did doctor these images to cover his tracks or maybe he is simply innocent? Just thought it was interesting.. Mar 16 10 12:38 pm Link It just looks like a cropped P&S photo. I can see why people think it might be "cut-out" since there is not harsh shadow we usually see in flash snapshots. But look at the snow- there must have been some other light source nearby to soften things. Mar 16 10 06:24 pm Link Even fire light cast shadows, theirs doesn't?...it looks like it (fire) was added in and someone forgot to add a warming filter from the fire light. Mar 16 10 06:27 pm Link Rebel Photo wrote: Have you taken pictures of campfires? It's not a focused light source- it throws diffused glow in every direction... and doesn't create that big of a shadow in a flash photo. Mar 16 10 06:31 pm Link Doesn't matter. Looks real to me, but... real can be faked. To add my opinion; I think the fire looks very real, normal, natural. Mar 16 10 07:21 pm Link I would think it would be easy to prove by asking who took the picture. Since they are all in it there had to be someone else there and that would basically substantiate the image. Mar 16 10 07:27 pm Link completely fake. Mar 16 10 07:29 pm Link Travis I'm just curious why you think it is a fake? Mar 16 10 07:31 pm Link Fake. The shadow of the RIGHT child does not match with the "lighting". Also the shadowing is not consistent. Mar 16 10 08:51 pm Link Before you even look at the photo, let's talk about how ridiculous the website is... Mar 16 10 09:03 pm Link  Moderator Warning!Marie Keller wrote: Let's not. Mar 17 10 07:18 am Link IMO - it's fake...there should be some shadows (from the flash), but there are absolutely none. Mar 17 10 07:27 am Link Fake IMO. Mar 20 10 10:26 pm Link I love picking apart fake pics. There are a lot of good photoshop wizards on this sight that I would love to tear into. This pic is either a very, very well done fake, better than most photoshop wizard's, or it is real. There are shadows cast by the pop up flash on the camera (one in close proxmity to the lens). The red eyes were corrected, commonly done these days. The exposure and light fall off are consistant. As pointed out in the "expert analysis", The fire is reflected in vitually every peak of snow not burned by the flash, except where shadowed by the family. Though that too can be faked, it's a hell of a lot of work. I'm saying real. Mar 20 10 10:44 pm Link the perspective of the fire looks off to me - BUT we all know fire is a fluid so it may have been like that. Me gut says FAKE BITCH so yeah I'm going with zee gut!  Mar 23 10 12:37 pm Link Ni Anluain wrote: Yes! That's what I thought when I saw the photo. For that angle, the shape of the flame looks too unnatural. And the fire its too bright for the scene, looks too plastic for me. So if me, that's a fake. Mar 23 10 02:56 pm Link MisterC wrote: Agreed. Mar 23 10 03:08 pm Link you guys are hilarious. none of you have watched enough CSI to be a forensic expert.  Mar 23 10 03:13 pm Link KKP Retouching wrote: I've done something you haven't! camp! I've built more fires than most people, ..especially city dwellers, Buckwheat. You said a key word, it throws an ORANGE diffused glow, it also throws harsh shadows. Even under flash, you should see the shadows. Also at 1/60 sec. you would see the flames softer and not as defined. It's fake IMO, and you FAILED Mar 23 10 03:24 pm Link I would say based on what I see the photo is real, the grain is consistent throughout (this is where most people screw up), the fire is not pasted in. Of course anything can be faked and the original would be preferable. I think the only anomaly to this photo is the fact it was most likely cropped Mar 25 10 12:06 pm Link Rebel Photo wrote: How would you know if I've camped before? Mar 25 10 11:38 pm Link hmmmmm.....who took the photo? Mar 26 10 12:10 am Link |
