Comments on: This isn’t just about one photo of missiles http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/iran-missile-photo/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:19:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: silhouette http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/iran-missile-photo/comment-page-1/#comment-35351 silhouette Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:18:28 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1981#comment-35351 More missle photos spotted: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49403380@N00/2658316482/ I think they're serious now. More missle photos spotted: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49403380@N00/2658316482/

I think they're serious now.

]]> By: silhouette http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/iran-missile-photo/comment-page-1/#comment-35293 silhouette Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:27:09 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1981#comment-35293 I think we know what the real threat is... it's Photoshop. (haha) I think we know what the real threat is... it's Photoshop. (haha)

]]> By: Blork http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/07/11/iran-missile-photo/comment-page-1/#comment-35261 Blork Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:26:00 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1981#comment-35261 A couple of quick observations: 1) I can't believe this got through. Even in the small, almost thumbnail size you reproduce here, I can spot the manipulation. Mind you, it's because I'm looking for it, but when you're looking for it, it's very obvious. You'd think the photo editors at the big news outlets would by now always be looking for it as a matter of course. 2) In this case (but certainly not in all cases), it doesn't really matter because it doesn't change the story. The story is that Iran is shooting off missiles. It doesn't matter if they shot three or four (especially since that fourth one is there, in the undoctored photo). The only thing about it that might matter is if # 4 didn't go off because of a misfire, which may say something about their technology, but we don't know that. Maybe it was timed a second or two off from the others. But the point remains that Iran is shooting off missiles, and this photoshop debate shoudn't detract from that. A couple of quick observations:

1) I can't believe this got through. Even in the small, almost thumbnail size you reproduce here, I can spot the manipulation. Mind you, it's because I'm looking for it, but when you're looking for it, it's very obvious. You'd think the photo editors at the big news outlets would by now always be looking for it as a matter of course.

2) In this case (but certainly not in all cases), it doesn't really matter because it doesn't change the story. The story is that Iran is shooting off missiles. It doesn't matter if they shot three or four (especially since that fourth one is there, in the undoctored photo). The only thing about it that might matter is if # 4 didn't go off because of a misfire, which may say something about their technology, but we don't know that. Maybe it was timed a second or two off from the others. But the point remains that Iran is shooting off missiles, and this photoshop debate shoudn't detract from that.

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