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Photo of eagle on Fort Snelling gravestone touches hearts, goes viral
Star Tribune ^ | August 10, 2011 | JON TEVLIN

Posted on 08/12/2011 11:12:03 AM PDT by DManA

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To: two23

This is real easy to put to rest.

He did NOT use a digital camera, he used an old Nikon, which means 35mm film.

Which means 35mm NEGATIVES. At least 60 of them. As far as I know, you can’t alter a negative with photoshop or any off the shelf software.

All he needs to do to put all the photoshop wizards to bed is show the negatives.


61 posted on 08/12/2011 12:13:46 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (In islam, my handle is considered a hate crime.)
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To: listenhillary
It would take a sick man to do this to the widow. Does anyone read the articles anymore?

Yes, it would. Yes, I did. I recanted my initial claim.

62 posted on 08/12/2011 12:15:52 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

My HP Scanjet scans both negatives and photo paper prints and turns them into digital images which I can then open up in Photoshop and tweak in anyway.
Its a simple process and common process with photographers because many went from film to digital and we like having our old film favorites on our computers.
On this thread, you are looking at a digital image, not a film negative.


63 posted on 08/12/2011 12:20:47 PM PDT by two23 (Liberals Have Created a Culture of Lies)
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To: rottndog

Yea, I think it’s real.


64 posted on 08/12/2011 12:21:05 PM PDT by DManA
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To: ConradofMontferrat
"Glick took the photo with an older Nikon camera and a multi-purpose lens. He took more than 60 shots of the bird at the cemetery, from different angles and locations. Some are sharp, some are blurry. Some are not very well composed.

I did not see where it stated he used a film camera? Can you point that out? I have 3 "older Nikon" cameras and they are ALL digital cameras, not film. I use all kinds of lenses..even a "multi-purpose" with my digital cameras.

65 posted on 08/12/2011 12:26:26 PM PDT by two23 (Liberals Have Created a Culture of Lies)
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To: two23

And you have missed my point completely.

I know all about scanning negatives.

But, if he HAS the negatives, they are definitive proof that a photo of an image was actually taken.

You can MANIPULATE an EXISTING negative, but without a camera and an image, you cannot create what does not exist.

The negative proves that an image (non manipulated) existed.

Now,if you want to persist with this conspiracy thingee, he COULD have placed a stuffed bird on the stone and snapped the shot.


66 posted on 08/12/2011 12:26:58 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (In islam, my handle is considered a hate crime.)
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To: DManA
What a moving photo. It's a shame things that are full of wonder now make us wonder in it's authenticity. The techno revolution has had it's disadvantages.
67 posted on 08/12/2011 12:28:23 PM PDT by Shqipo (I am the unofficial originator of the Mega-Bump! Only use judiciously.)
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To: N. Theknow

Clearly, that is a lawn ornament... A good one mind you...


68 posted on 08/12/2011 12:29:43 PM PDT by Professional
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To: xenob

PIER, NOAH M
LCPL US MARINE CORPS
DATE OF BIRTH: 07/28/1984
DATE OF DEATH: 02/16/2010
BURIED AT: SECTION 60 SITE 9060
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

from his obituary: “...
Noah fell in love with his childhood sweetheart Rachel, whom he was to marry when he returned home..”


There are no words to describe the emotions invoked by that picture. Now excuse me while I go get a Kleenex.


69 posted on 08/12/2011 12:31:02 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: two23

And what do you consider older? I see this guy and he’s about my age and his Nikon was probably made long before digital was ever offered. Like mine.

I know that nowdays, if a piece of equipment is older than 3 or 4 years, its considered obsolete.


70 posted on 08/12/2011 12:31:25 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (In islam, my handle is considered a hate crime.)
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To: xenob
Way more emotional IMHO...

Thanks. I'm better for having seen that.
71 posted on 08/12/2011 12:34:48 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: angcat
My fiancee was buried at home.


72 posted on 08/12/2011 12:34:58 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: Daffynition

The photos of the women mourning are also very heartfelt, but stir a more tragic emotion. And probably strike a chord more for those of us left behind.

I can see why the soldiers would want copies of the eagle, portraying bravery, honor, duty and America. And not of a wife or fiance crying or resting at grave side.


73 posted on 08/12/2011 12:35:47 PM PDT by 21twelve (Obama Recreating the New Deal: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
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To: DManA

Thanks DManA.


74 posted on 08/12/2011 12:36:41 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today:))
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To: Professional
They never go ground level, I’ve only seen an eagle on the ground one time, and that was when it was released from a cage at a native ceremony.

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75 posted on 08/12/2011 12:37:29 PM PDT by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: 21twelve

It’s an incredible image.

I happened to come across it last week and no idea of its origin; am glad to have the info now.

God rest those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Those of us left behind sill grieve.


76 posted on 08/12/2011 12:38:39 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Where are you seeing the camera and negatives? I went back to the original article and do not see the photographer with his camera.
The photo of the man on the article link appears to be Jon Tevlin, who is the author of the article. Not the photographer, who was Frank Glick.


77 posted on 08/12/2011 12:38:56 PM PDT by two23 (Liberals Have Created a Culture of Lies)
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To: xenob

ugh...that’s a tough pic to view. God bless this woman.


78 posted on 08/12/2011 12:39:44 PM PDT by FightforFreedomCA (It starts here! It starts now! Mr. President, game on!)
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To: 21twelve

Very true, two completely different sides of the spectrum.


79 posted on 08/12/2011 12:43:23 PM PDT by xenob
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To: 21twelve

You’re right. The pictures evoke two very different, but equally valid emotions.


80 posted on 08/12/2011 12:48:25 PM PDT by DManA
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