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MikeW · 10-22-2014, 02:42 AM

LONDONER Wrote:No, it's not Mike. As I explained, it is an art installation and almost one million have been made and "planted" to commemorate WWI . You can see more photos here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...rance.html

I understood. Not saying it isn't an actual installation. What I *am* saying is that photo of the queen and prince et al is shopped somehow. I can tell by the edge definition. It is too sharp. The figures have been cut out and pasted in. Now why they'd do that I have no idea -- perhaps for compositional purposes, I don't know. But it has definitely been worked somehow.

LONDONER · 10-22-2014, 02:16 PM

MikeW Wrote:I understood. Not saying it isn't an actual installation. What I *am* saying is that photo of the queen and prince et al is shopped somehow. I can tell by the edge definition. It is too sharp. The figures have been cut out and pasted in. Now why they'd do that I have no idea -- perhaps for compositional purposes, I don't know. But it has definitely been worked somehow.

I don't believe so. The Queen and Prince Phillip made a recent visit to the Tower specifically to see the installation and that was when the photo was taken.

MikeW · 10-22-2014, 06:05 PM

LONDONER Wrote:I don't believe so. The Queen and Prince Phillip made a recent visit to the Tower specifically to see the installation and that was when the photo was taken.

Again, not saying they weren't there. Just saying there is something odd about the pic. Publications do manipulate pix for various reasons. It's the sharp edge that is the problem. It was apparently taken with a telephoto lens at a distanceâ¦ thus the narrow depth of field (foreground out of focus, background out of focus). However, due to atmospheric perspective (the amount of atmosphere between the lens and the subject at a distance) there is usually some softening or blurring around the edges (as light bends). That's what is weirdâ¦ I've looked at the pic up close in photoshop and the edges, especially of the queen, are just too crisp. Not natural. I could be wrong, it just doesn't look 'natural'.

10-26-2014, 06:43 AM

the flowers are really beautiful.

10-26-2014, 02:33 PM

Beautiful . . . .