Posted on 08/08/2006 5:22:54 PM PDT by mdittmar
To be fair, Charles Johnson at LGF had posted the word several hours earlier this afternoon. He should get the credit for coining the word.
Or he'll just pick a new name.
OK...THANKS to LGF Johnson!!! It's now in the lexicon...FAUXTOGRAPHY!!
Mirrors are supposed to be out of the way when the "film" is exposed. Dust on the lens would be way out of focus and cause a sharpness problem. I find the "dust" argument to be specious at best.
Professional quality Digital SLR's (single lens reflex) cameras have the capacity to use various focal length lenses, wide-angle, telephoto, zoom, etc. During the lens changing operation, both the mirror and digital sensors are subject to dust intrusion, especailly in a war zone. However, almost all have sonic dust 'puffers' just for the purpose of removing the dust. I'm more amused by the claim of working under 'bad conditions'. If he could power up his lap top and see the backlit screen, he could see enough to know exactly what he was doing. Another lying POS jihadi 5th columnist. so to speak.
All righty. Thanks and a tip o' the chapeaux to Charles Johnson at LGF!
The question is, in addition to the altered images, how many photo shots were staged and overseen by Hizbollah minders.
I have never had dust spots on negatives or prints from dust on lens or mirror.
Being soooo stupid about this stringer reporter's motivations and actions;or lying about the same.
Of course speaking to NPR he is "preaching to the choir"
Rueters and AP have always sickened me.Now we know they are complicit in all the anti American activities.
Remember this little episode from the U.N.?
Reuters Explains Photo Of Bush Bathroom Note
September 15, 2005
...[Gary] Hershorn, Reuters' news editor for pictures for the Americas, says he's responsible for zooming in on the note and deciding to transmit the photo to Reuters clients. He says Wilking didn't know what the note said when he shot the picture.
...Out of curiosity, [Hershorn] zoomed in to see if he could read it.
Once he saw what it said, Hershorn decided the note was interesting and worth publishing. The white parts of the picture were overexposed, so a Reuters processor used Photoshop to burn down the note. This is a standard practice for news photos, Hershorn says, and the picture was not manipulated in any other way.
...Hershorn says he decided to transmit the picture because it was interesting.
"There was no malicious intent," he says. "That's not what we do."
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137642
Dust might transfer from the mirror to the light sensing array
So what is their explanation for the triple flares and the wailing actress?
Or he'll just pick a new name.
...If a print had dust spots caused by a dirty negative...
How do you get a dusty negative with a digital camera?
OK, that post is Aug. 8, at 8:07 PM, but it was on LGF at 4:38.
Credit where credit is due.
Yup. See #41 and #46
From The Urban Dictionary:
the crappy pictures of the sky or dead plants that scene kids take with their digital cameras and call it a hobby. They say photography is their passion, but we all know it's really fauxtography. Wow, a picture of the sky. And I see you went on paint and added your name with a TM. Now no one can steal your fauxtography. tags photography digicam fake pointless trendy by JF. NJ Apr 23, 2006 email it
"Now no one can steal your fauxtography"
Heck, it's been stolen several times here!
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