BP Photoshopping Goes From Bad To Ridiculously Bad
from the oh-come-on dept
With BP finally admitting it Photoshopped an image showing its "oil spill response center," it appears that people are finding all sorts of ridiculously bad photoshops done by BP in describing its response to the oil spill. Take, for example, the photo below:
Perhaps BP is practicing in an effort to Photoshop the oil out of the gulf... However, somehow, I get the feeling it would leave some... artifacts.
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open source response
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look at the gauges
can they get fined for false evidence and defrauding the public?
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The FTC has no jurisdiction over stock fraud. That's the domain of the SEC.
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Utter BS. If these 'few people' aren't fired for basically lying, you know it was done under direct orders.
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Blame top-level management, not the little people.
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...and the graphic artists that they had photoshop some images are the ones fired.
I don't think these graphic artists should keep their jobs (they are clearly incompetent), but I think someone should take BP to task on the actual disaster at some point too.
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What else are they lying about
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Seriously though... Who cares what BP does? No one cared enough to help them clean up the oil spill which directly affects us... especially Louisiana.
It's just my personal opinion that if your not part of the solution then you have no right to criticize BP for failing at life.
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reasonable sounding, you'll get a few bites.
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I give it a 1
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obvioustroll is obvious
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Oh, I do care. But to help out in the gulf being a "small" people. I'd die in 10 years, respiratory issues internal hemorrhaging, liver/kidney failure thanks to the 2 million gallons of dispersant in the water.
If your not a "specialist", BP Company men or the Coast Guard you are NOT getting proper safety equipment for this clean up.
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BP should be hit HARD for their crime, and even HARDER for trying to cover it up.
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Adobe tries to get Photoshop out of the vernacular and Google loves to be googled. A difference of companies one on a decline and one on an incline. Without PS and possibly DW Adobe would have little to offer most people that they couldnt' get from otehr sources.
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Now in regards to Adobe's competition from open source products, there can be something said for the Gimps and Inkscapes out there. Most notably, they are FREE instead of hundreds of dollars.
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"In March of 2006, following a pipeline rupture that resulted in a large oil spill on the North Slope near BP's Prudhoe Bay facility" http://www.truth-out.org/alyeska-pipeline-yet-another-example-how-bp-runs-things61097
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half life
with the exception that Chernobyl was a nuclear incident which distributed radioactive waste with a half life of hundreds of years. The area around Chernobyl will be a restricted zone for hundreds of years to come.
This oil slick will probably have dispersed by the end of the year and the after effects will not be measurable by normal means within ten years.
There is a substantial amount of experience about this gained from other oil spills elsewhere in the world.
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> incident which distributed radioactive waste
> with a half life of hundreds of years.
It also affected everyone on the planet. The Chernobyl release gave everyone on earth the equivalent of 100 doctor's-office X-rays.
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Human casualities, it's not worse, envriomental effect, yeah it is, but it's not the worst spill in history.
http://www.envirowonk.com/content/view/68/1/
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There aint shit on this site that's original, and rarely ever does little mikee say anything worth while. This entire site is about selling Advertising to the very people little mikee then turns around and pouts about because they are trying to protect their IP.
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Boo Hoo.... Boo Hoo...
Go away little troll... go away...
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Please keep coming back and help drive ad revenue to Mike.
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Oh you are one of THOSE assholes. I like to kick those over.
"like most motorcyclists" Speak for your own ignorant ass. I ride, and have done so for 30 years.
After reading: Humor, the best way to get through the day, on your whiny insignificant little blog; You are just a little punk bitch that is a legend in your own mind. Is the conclusion I have come to. Whaaaa whaaa whaaa whaaa whaaa. I also fail to see the "humor" Not funny at all. Sad really.
Also, for your safety; you should not be such an ass with so much personal info in your blog, guns or not.
Bass boat and cruiser... appears that old is setting in. Its ok. Grumpy old men are funny...sometimes.
F'in wannabe biker fag.
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Didn't Colbert already cover BP photoshopping the spill?
When the news is starting to follow the parody news sites, we've truly disappeared down the rabbit hole...
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Who is doing their PR?
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* I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming that there really are helicopters involved and they could have gotten a similar shot to this if they'd bothered. If that's not true, then the whole thing is a lie and should be condemned entirely.
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They have ruined a the lives and ecosystems of 5, FIVE states. And what do they concern themselves with? Photoshopping stupid pictures to try and save some face in the media.
The decision makers at BP need their assets stripped and a good face smashing.
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Bad pictures...
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Will everyone please stop calling it "Photoshoping"
They did an absolutely abysmal job of "RETOUCHING..."
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I don't see the problem
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You know how hard it is to take a good photograph from the inside of a helicopter?
I'm sure that is how they rationalized it.
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And since bureaucrats and execs usually aren't technically savvy enough to see or care about how good the composite image is, it's not an unreasonable assumption that it just slipped past them, as a protest or careless job or whatever it happened to be.
In any case, the damage was done. Let's hope BP gets royally smacked down for what they've done. And by the way, anybody know how or why that rig blew up in the first place and caused all this?
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The retoucher or filetech can't very well watermark the images with "Photoshopped," but s/he can still make sure they can be outed as fakes.
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Thats because its NOT flying, its preparing for takeoff.
They certainly do not look like they are 'at altitude'.
But you assume too much me thinks, and you are only guessing on what they are doing, to dig up some dirt on them.
The more I look at that picture, the more that is exactly what is happening, if anything they are on a raised platform, preparing for takeoff. Ie doing their preflights.
You would expect their doors to be open when they are landed, until it comes time for them to close.
And what has a picture of two guys in a chopper have to do with the oil spill anyway ?
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Hi Darryl. It's probably worth pointing out that BP has admitted it Photoshopped the photo, and have posted the original: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpamerica/4816829256/in/set-72157624429465573/
So, an apology might be in order on your part.
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That's kinda the point everyone was making. It appears they are really sitting on the platform above the sea surface doing their pre-flight routine prior to takeoff and that they Photohshopped/Gimped/whatever it to look like they were in the air and did a very bad job of it. and the later release of the original photo taken supports what everyone already suspected to be the case. So thanks for pointing out what everyone was already saying.
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Kinda like driving your car with both of your hands wrapped around a juicy hamburger.
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Thanks generally are easier than you assume.. look at photo again..
At altitude !!!! there is a freaking tower ABOVE THEM and to the left, its part of the rig infrastructure, they are "ON THE GROUND" or at least on the rig helo platform, doing their pre-flight checks, preparing for takeoff.
The cannot be "at altitude" with there is a freaking huge tower WAY ABOVE THEM..
But lets not let the facts stand in the way of a spin.
The "control tower" is not a control tower, how many control towers do NOT have windows, or have 2 hand railings, and a flight hazard black and yellow sigh in it.
Its not a tower, or control tower, its a part of the oil rig they are about the take off from.
And what benifit of damage would BP receive if they did modify a phone of 2 guys taking off in a chopper ?
But you CANNOT be at altitude, and at the same time have a part of the oil right towering over you !!.
So who is really lieing here ?
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This appears to have been taken with a moderately wide angle lens, in which case I would normally expect the photo to exhibit a fairly large depth of field in which near and far objects would generally be in focus. What surprises me is that in this instance all of the objects seen through the windown are plainly out of focus.
While the tower in the upper left window could be some for of a tower, I find it difficult to believe that every ship seen through the windows are fuzzy to the point of showing virtually no detail. The obvious change in the coloration of the water through the large left window, coupled with large portions of the water exhibiting no waves of any sort makes me believe that what is presented through the large windows have been imported and inserted into the photograph.
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I was about to reply with something like "gee, you think so?" (dripping sarcasm). Then I realized darryl might actually be claiming this is not an altered photo. I knew he's an idiot, but... wow.
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A moderately close analysis of the picture will tell you that they are not in the air at all. Your average person briefly glimsing the picture will think that they are.
This was the obvious intent in the photoshopping, but wtf for, and why a half assed job? who knows.
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it is important
Sure, it's enjoyable to find something like this and spread it around the Net, but what is more important is realizing this is yet another document showing the deceit, possible fraud, and open disregard to the facts.
having a BP official demand certain new rules for image processing is nothing more than a band-aid on a pustule of a corporate citizen that is highly infected with bad practices. Dealing with the source of the problem is what is needed.
I'll leave those actions to those qualified to state them.
Regards,
David W
Austin, TX
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Nice recovery
(My point? I dunno. I guess it's nice to see that even a company as profoundly incompetent as BP manages to get some things right :)
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