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fake frozen coyote

We just couldn’t stand the weather…

February 2, 2010

The photo above is supposedly of a coyote who “literally froze dead in his tracks” at -28 degrees. (Fahrenheit? Centigrade? The site does not specify.) In reality this photo was achieved by simply putting a stuffed and mounted coyote outside, waiting for it to snow and then photographing it. Warm blooded creatures do not freeze [...]

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A Brief History of Photo Fakery…

August 24, 2009

The New York Times “Week in Review” magazine ran a slide show yesterday titled A Brief History of Photo Fakery. They put up quite a selection of fake imagery – both historic and current – some of which have been previously featured on this blog and some that have not. (Such as the above image [...]

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A “real or fake” photo game from LIFE Magazine…

August 5, 2009

LIFE Magazine has a fun real or fake image game online for you to test your “this looks Shopped” skills! There are 39 photos in all and some of them are from LIFE’s historic archives. Why don’t you play the game and see how you do?

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real or fake quiz on Facebook…

December 2, 2008

So what do you think? Is the image above real or fake? Take the quiz on the Adobe Students Facebook page to find out!
If you are a member of Facebook, Adobe now has a page called Adobe Students which is used to promote its various products. If you are a FB member you can friend [...]

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fake it until you make it…

November 25, 2008

A news report from KING5 in Seattle, WA…
More people creating fake memories with doctored photos
By JEAN ENERSEN / KING 5 News
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but these days, more and more people are doctoring their photos.
So are they faking memories instead of making them? And what are the psychological repercussions?
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