The original spotting og the Iran Photoshop work on the July Missile launch Photos

militaryphotos.net ^ | Old 07-09-2008, 04:44 PM | bionic

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Quote:

In a handout picture released on the news website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, four long and medium range missiles rise into the air after being test-fired at an undisclosed location in the Iranian desert on July 9, 2008. Iran today test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. G**** Images

Hahaha nice Photoshop work If you dont have real pictures fake it

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent Observation.....by ****************

bionic
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[humblegunner]

The original spotting og

My spotting og are flourishing.

I use Miracle Grow.

[savedbygrace]

It was easier than anyone thought:

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

H/T to LGF :

Iran's Photoshopped Missile Launch

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Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:13:47 pm PST

At least one of the photographs released today by Iran and published by an unquestioning Western media is a Photoshop fake:

(Hat tip: webs87.)

UPDATE at 7/9/08 8:20:34 pm:

An animated version at Suitably Flip: Mahmoud the Fauxtographer.

UPDATE at 7/10/08 9:25:53 am:

Here’s another one for my collection:

UPDATE at 7/11/08 11:39:57 am:

Also see:
Reality vs. Photoshop
A Memo to Fox News and the New York Times

UPDATE at 7/11/08 1:51:53 pm:

A reader emailed to let me know that a site named MilitaryPhotos.net actually noticed the modified photo a little earlier: Today’s Pics! Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 - Page 4 - Military Photos.

[Darksheare]

You use a spotting og in hunting.
It makes some weird hollow noise and points at stuff.
In this case, it was a fauxtoshopped Iranian missile.
*pats Og on head*
Good Og.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Uhhh....another typo fun time....

og = of...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

LOL!

[Darksheare]

Thanks!
I am the king of typos, just ask anyone in the undead thread.
;-)

[Onelifetogive]

The original spotting og...

I love original spotting og, new spotting og is just too sweet.

[driftdiver]

There was an article linked to by Drudge where the AP claimed they did not use the doctor’d images.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I was not competing for your crown.,,,,,

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They did their own???

[Darksheare]

I know.
Typos tend to happen more often when I am lurking, or somewhere in the general vicinity.
*Sorry about that*

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Related thread:

More Iranian Fauxtography?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

From the link at post #14:

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[Darksheare]

OOps.
I know I had nothing to do with that one.
;-)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ping!

[null and void]

You are a typo GOD.

[Darksheare]

Try “patient zero of teh typo virus”.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That keyword fauxtography

Turns up some good stuff....For Example this one:

Michelle Malkin: The photo op shop of horrors

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Washington Times ^ | Saturday, August 19, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on Sat 19 Aug 2006 01:01:23 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

It's the story journalistic elite would rather just go away. After Reuters' admission one of its photographers, Adnan Hajj, manipulated two war images from Lebanon after bloggers smoked out his crude Photoshop alterations, and all 920 of his Reuters photos were pulled, evidence of far more troubling photo staging and media deception in the Middle East continues to pour in. Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs (littlegreenfootballs.com) calls it "fauxtography." One of Mr. Hajj's photos was an iconic image of a dusty dead child with a clean blue pacifier clipped to his shirt, paraded by a corpse handler at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Qana, Lebanon. Mainstream journalists have sneered at bloggers' suspicions, first raised at EU Referendum (eureferendum.blogspot.com), that some of the gruesome photos from that scene may have been staged. The Washington Post's photographer Michael Robinson-Chavez, who was at Qana, huffed: "Everyone was dead, many of them children. Nothing was set up." But last week, a German television station aired damning video footage from the scene showing a lead propaganda director (dubbed the "Green Helmet Guy") positioning a young boy's corpse, yanking it from an ambulance, placing it on two different stretchers for the cameras and pushing aside bystanders for clearer shots. This Lebanese version of horror film director Wes Craven was identified by the Associated Press in a softball profile as "Salam Daher," who told the reporter, "I am just a civil defense worker. I have done this job all my life." To clear-eyed readers, that's an inculpatory, not an exculpatory, statement. How many more "jobs" has Mr. Daher overseen? And how many more such media stage managers are out there?

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...

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Fauxtography Scandal updates:
Green Helmet Admits Staging Photos
Still More Photo Staging Identified
Lebanese Autos Miraculously Survive Airstrikes
Photographer Alleges Unearthing of Bodies
LA Times: Take a Closer Look
CAIR's Fauxtography Scandal
AP Stands Behind Green Helmet Guy
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?
Multi-Use Buildings
Reuters Doctoring Photos from Beirut?

2 posted on Sat 19 Aug 2006 01:58:40 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)

[mad_as_he$$]

You owe me a keyboard!!!

[null and void]

Taht too...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

For a fun thread see this one:

Iran's Photoshopped Missile Launch

A couple of images:

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[Loud Mime]

Great work!!! I’m laughing out loud at a Starbucks!!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Adding more to this research thread...from Hot air:

Iranian insecurity revealed in phantom missile;

[april15Bendovr]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Adding more....from Photoshop Disasters Blog:

Iranian Govt: Persian Pixels Pwned

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Not only do Iran's missile pictures reveal a shocking gap in that nation's ability to use the clone tool, our patented Extra-Contrast-O-Vision shows how clumsy they are at comping. Presumably the third missile didn't go off and rather than trying to relight the touchpaper they resorted to Photoshop.

Getty has the original here. Reddit has an interesting discussion on this here. I haven't checked my mail yet, but thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Posted by Cosmo7 at 6:58 AM

Labels: clone-happy, lame

[Darksheare]

Well, yes.
I lost count of how many people were infected with the typo virus.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And of course we must include the NY Times :

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July 10, 2008,  9:16 am

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many

By Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty

In the four-missile version of the image released Wednesday by Sepah News, the media arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, two major sections (encircled in red) appear to closely replicate other sections (encircled in orange). (Illustration by The New York Times; photo via Agence France-Presse)

Latest update at 3 p.m. Eastern Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently digitally altered.” More developments at the bottom of the post.

As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a point that had not emerged before the photo was used on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on BBC News, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, NYTimes.com and many other major news Web sites.

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The IMAGE that IRAN wanted the West NOT TO SEE*****************************************

[G8 Diplomat]

I saved that thread in my favorites. Definitely the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time...the “Photoshop of Horrors” maybe. LOL

[ken21]

great work!

i was amused that the los angeles times the next day put it on the cover, top of the fold!

suckers.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Ok....I think I have gotten tired ....there is much more out there....feel free to add.....

[Loud Mime]

I see it's been busy as Fark.com!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent:...ROFL!

And from the times (UK):

Picture: Iran 'fakes' missile launch after misfire

Chris Smyth

Four short-range missiles blast off from the Iranian desert, in striking images released yesterday, churning up the red sand and warning the rest of the world: don't mess with Tehran.

Or is it three missiles?

The first picture comes from the Iranian news website Jamejam, and clearly shows one missile has failed to take off. It sits forlornly on its launcher while its three companions power into the sky.

But it was the second image that was released by the PR arm of the Revolutionary Guard – and it seems to have been digitally enhanced to wipe away all traces of the embarrassing dud. Gone is the faulty rocket on its launcher, to be replaced with a fourth successful launch,

[Marine_Uncle]

I am starting to have my doubts that Iran even has made a successful firing of any of their supposed medium range ballistic missiles.
By success I mean where they fire it, track it, and verify it actually was able to land within the GPS coordinates assigned.
Notice we never hear where the launch actually took place and where the ships would be stationed to verify it landed where it was supposed to.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

By success I mean where they fire it, track it, and verify it actually was able to land within the GPS coordinates assigned.

We (our military ) may have as good info as the Iranians....course exactly what we know and how we figured it out would be classified....till the NY Times can get ahold of it.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

A LOOK INTO ISLAMIC IRAN'S HALLUCINATION!

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DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH US!

OR ELSE WE SHALL PHOTOSHOP YOU!

HOWEVER! A VERY REAL DANGER IS ON THE HORIZON. READ THE ARTICLE(S) ON TURKEY BELOW

Meanwhile:

Iraqi Defense Ministry officials told local media on Friday that Israeli warplanes operating out of a US airbase are conducting exercises in their country for a possible strike on neighboring Iran.

According to the sources, the Israeli planes enter Iraq via Jordanian airspace during the night, and then land at a US military base near the Iraqi city of Hadita.

If Israel ultimately decides to launch a aerial strike against Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility, taking off from Hadita would cut the flight time to the target down to about five minutes.

Israeli media was unable to verify the Iraqi report, but Israeli officials have admitted in recent weeks to conducting military maneuvers in preparation for a possible strike on Iran, including a major air force exercise over Greece last month.

Posted by Alan Peters at 1:23 PM

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just saw this from the BBC:

Iranian voices on missile tests

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Iranians give their views on their country's testing of a missile which, it is claimed, could reach as far as Israel - and the subsequent international condemnation of the action.

DARYOOSH, ENGINEER, 56, TEHRAN

The missile tests on Wednesday and Thursday were a reaction to the Israeli military air test [in June].

The missile tests raised fears that the standoff would lead to conflict

They were also a reaction to comments from the US Navy commander in the Persian Gulf, who said the Iranians cannot do anything, that we are unable even to close the Straits of Hormuz.

We paid a lot of attention to these things.

I do not approve of the testing for two reasons. Firstly, it was bad timing. If our leaders had waited a few more days after the US commander's comments, the tests would not have brought international condemnation on such a scale.

Secondly, if they had to do these manoeuvres at all, they should have been done with more force and co-ordinated with other action in the Persian Gulf.

Iran is not treated fairly by the international community.

The US has done great damage in Iraq - and yet they say we are the ones who are interfering.

On the nuclear issue, they do not have any proof we are developing weapons. This international aggression towards us is simply because they don't like the regime.

I am very concerned this might escalate into conflict. I think Israel wants to demonstrate it's the only power in the Middle East - and it will take action to prove it.

The Iranian leadership has chosen its path in domestic and foreign policy - setting us against US hegemony and against an all-powerful Israel.

If it changes its path, Iran will become the main winner in the Middle East and every other country will become a loser.

Dr RAISS DANA, PROFESSOR, TEHRAN UNIVERSITY

The missile tests were a direct result of the Israeli military manoeuvre in June. Israel declared it could easily reach Natanz, one of Iran's nuclear plants.

The Iranian government is by its nature against human rights and democracy, but at the same time, we should be saying in this instance, it was Israel's actions which prompted Iran to do this.

It is not democratic here. The international policy towards Iran should be directed towards our lack of human rights, and the way Iran treats its people.

But foreign powers are worrying about the nature of the Iranian government and its actions against them, not against its own people.

The best way to solve all this is the democratisation of Iran. Many people here are ready to accept intervention for democracy.

But western governments are not ready to do this because they are afraid. They are afraid of the socialist groupings here, which are very powerful.

HESAM, BUSINESSMAN, TEHRAN

I believe the missile tests were a response to what has been said in recent days by western countries. It was a message to the world powers to remember Iran's power.

I would consider the tests to be OK if they prevent military action being taken against Iran.

I do not remember a single time in the past few years when Iran was treated fairly by the international community.

If Iran's missile tests are a danger for the region, then so are Israel's, and they should be treated the same.

I think our leadership could have led us to a much better situation than the one we are in right now.

But I'm not concerned about a war between Iran and Israel, it's not likely to happen.

The US is in Afghanistan as well as Iraq and the Persian Gulf - so I think conflict between Iran and the US might be more likely.

Any military action from Israel would result in a response from Iran on both the US and Israel.

I think this is just a seasonal dispute which will fizzle out.

Iran and the five UN security council powers plus Germany have agreed to start negotiations on Iran's nuclear program very soon.

I really hope the parties will agree on something workable.

MADJID, 32, ICT CONSULTANT, TEHRAN

Both parties are playing political theatre. They both know that the world's appetite for another challenge in the Middle East is virtually zero.

I am not pleased Iran carried out these tests; I didn't see any new defence capability.

I think the manoeuvre was a part of the Iranian leadership's diplomacy ahead of positive negotiations with the 5+1.

If the international community has any evidence of nuclear weapon activity in Iran, it must show it to the world.

In my opinion actual conflict is not possible, for at least another eight years.

I think the international community, or in fact the G8, is struggling to buy cheap energy and it is using the nuclear threat, climate change and terrorism as diplomatic tools.

[Marine_Uncle]

The fifth fleet would be tracking the launch, should such a long distance test have been performed. And I am sure sat photos also would have been picking it up. The question remains. For all we know the Iranians may simply have put out a video of a few rockets being launched and they went up and then down landing a short distance away from some desert launching site, as apposed to a given trajectory following downloaded GPS coordinates into the mapping computer. We are getting at most very skimpy info on this. So I am not going to accept the conclusion that Iran can at present send conventional explosive loaded missiles into Israeli airspace with any given level of reliability.
I do not doubt however for one moment, Iran's intentions to keep the gulf area in a frenzy. Their main goal is to keep the price of crude oil and gasoline high to bleed the USA and her allies economically and reap in some additional bucks to support their ever failing economy.
And they will succeed as long as the Russians and Chinese allow them to do so. The cold war never went away.
I have to hit the sack. Do have a great upcoming day.

[HangThemHigh]

Is it just me or do the far left & far right missiles appear to be pictures of the same missile taken from slightly different angles? They aren't the same, but eerily similar. Note the C-shaped puff of black smoke near the ground for both missiles.

Also, the left end of the right dust cloud has a nearly square end, very unusual. I don't think we've hit the bottom of this.

[JoJo Gunn]

[Grampa Dave]

If the insane Islamofacists in control of Iran, really had the firepower to take out Israel and our military bases in Iraq. They would have done it without talking about it

[weegee]

Spotted Owwwwwlg....

[weegee]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That’s terrible!

All that good beverage just wasted.

[DainBramage]

I made a call on our engine of a derailed train. It was three overturned cars full of Stolis vodka, Coconut Rum and I think Jim Beam.
We put out the fire then the rail rep told us to get what we wanted. We had the firetruck loaded down to the gills with 1 gallon bottles.

We pilled them onto the floor of the station and took a picture then split them up. I ended up with 25 gallons. The truck smelled for a month.