How to tell if photo is altered?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/19/2005 01:51:09 PM · #1

I received a tsunami photo via email. It's an unbelievable shot, but I'm not 100% sure it's not doctored. How can you tell for certain whether effects have been applied?

loz1

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

01/19/2005 01:52:38 PM · #2

I think it would depend on the photo and making sure teh colors and resolutions match up

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

01/19/2005 01:53:04 PM · #3

//www.snopes.com has a whole huge database of spoof emails and other urban legends. If you don't find it on there its more likely to be real, but still don't believe it 100%. You could post it here and let DPCers analyse it :)

joebok

Fujifilm X100F

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED

01/19/2005 01:53:12 PM · #4

The way they tell here is by examining the original file with the EXIF information - it is unlikely that you would have that, however. I do not have the skill, but I know that many on this site do - to look at a picture and recognize various tell-tale features. I'd suggest posting it and waiting to see what others think.

01/19/2005 01:53:53 PM · #5

I'm not sure how to tell if it's not doctored, but if it's the same shot that's been in my inbox quite a few times, it's most definately fake. The one I got was a large wave that was bigger than the skyscrappers... This is so fake! The wave was 30 feet. That would be a 3 story building... not a skyscrapper!

Anyway, don't know if that helps or not!

eruelas

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/19/2005 02:03:36 PM · #6

Well I just gotten the oportunity to browse thru www.worth1000.com , on that site you will find they have a photoshop contest (as well as a photo contest), and while browsing thru their contests I found a lot of pictures that have been running around as if they were the real thing. I dont know if their respective makers know about it, but some of the guys that participate in that site are extremelly good, I would not doubth that someone found the site and started spreading the rumors.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

01/19/2005 02:04:48 PM · #7

Let's see the photo.

01/19/2005 02:05:07 PM · #8

OK, I'm a bit of a clod at this, but I'll try uploading it here to see if anyone can tell. I'm thinking it's a hoax, but we'll see! Be right back!

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/19/2005 02:06:17 PM · #9

Is there any way to upload it other than to put it on my portfolio? It came to me in an email.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T20

01/19/2005 02:10:51 PM · #10

Originally posted by spvanderm:

Is there any way to upload it other than to put it on my portfolio? It came to me in an email.

Put it in your workshop, and it won't show up on your profile page but you can still link it to the forums.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

01/19/2005 02:15:31 PM · #11

Ok...I'm truly a clod. I now have it in my workshop. How do I know the photo # so I can link it into the thread?

faidoi

Pentax K10D

01/19/2005 02:17:06 PM · #12

Originally posted by spvanderm:

Ok...I'm truly a clod. I now have it in my workshop. How do I know the photo # so I can link it into the thread?

The # of the thumb is the last #'s on the address.

01/19/2005 02:20:00 PM · #13

Thanks to everyone who got their Crayons out and drew me a picture so I could upload this! Hee hee!

It will probably be a big fake, anyway....and after ALL THAT EFFORT!

eruelas

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/19/2005 02:21:48 PM · #14

It is fake, Tsunamis' waves dont travel that way.

Message edited by author 2005-01-19 19:22:26.

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/19/2005 02:23:02 PM · #15

I will vote for fake too

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/19/2005 02:23:32 PM · #16

Totally, absolutely, utterly, iredeemably fake. Anyone who knows waves can spot the fakery...

Robt.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

01/19/2005 02:23:35 PM · #17

Originally posted by spvanderm:

Thanks to everyone who got their Crayons out and drew me a picture so I could upload this! Hee hee!

It will probably be a big fake, anyway....and after ALL THAT EFFORT!

This is the EXACT picture that I got that is a total fake... The wave was only 30 feet. This shows it to be a couple hundred feet!

md8speed

Nikon D200

01/19/2005 02:24:29 PM · #18

I think the fact that most of the cars are staying in their respective lanes is a vote in the 'fake' category

01/19/2005 02:25:44 PM · #19

Here's some info on this totally fake photo:

//urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_tsunami_picture.htm

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

01/19/2005 02:27:04 PM · #20

Thanks all...It looked a little too contrived, so I assumed it wasn't real, but I knew my good friends at DPC could confirm that for me!

nsbca7

01/19/2005 02:27:54 PM · #21

Yes, this image is altered. Open it in PS, enlarge it to 300% , ajust brightness -22 and contrast +35 and the crop in lines will show up clearly above the wave in the upper right hand corner of the image.

Message edited by author 2005-01-19 19:30:09.