the art or practice of taking and processing photographs.
Questions tagged [photography]
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Is this photo of a road detouring around a tree authentic?
This image has been widely shared. It has appeared on my Facebook wall after a recent event in Australia where a sacred tree was chopped down to make way for a new road. It was offered as an example of how it could have been preserved. (For clarity:…
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Is this picture of Rachel Dolezal reading a book called "How to be Black" genuine?
This picture of Rachel Dolezal has been making the rounds online. Is it genuine?
Ijreview, where it was featured, isn't sure if the image is fake or real.
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Was this image of Cecil Williams drinking from a "white only" fountain digitally manipulated?
Here is an image of a civil rights photographer named Cecil Williams drinking from a water fountain with a "WHITE ONLY" sign on it.
The image is dated to 1956. The sign appears translucent and the words "WHITE ONLY" appear very professionally…
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Do light field cameras exist?
A company called Lytro claim to be producing a light-field camera that has a key feature that the focus point can be moved after the image has been taken.
Their claims have been questioned by jwz, a well-known blogger who says he can't understand…
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Is this a declassified photo?
There's this photo that keeps popping up, most typically in the "Suggested Articles" section on various news sites (you know, the section where all the linked "articles" are actually from external sites and basically just ads):
In context, the…
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What is the scientific explanation of "Orbs" in photographs?
This is a typical extract form a blog post about Orbs,
Reading an article about orbs, the
mysterious lights sometimes appearing
in photographs, I was reminded of how
little we know of the world
surrounding us.
And here is an example…
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Is The Venice Syndrome documentary cover photo real?
Came across below photo and eventually tracked it down to a cover photo of "The Venice Syndrome" documentary IMDb and the trailer at Vimeo :
This image is not in the trailer (haven't seen the documentary). Big cruise ships do (did) visit Venice as…
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