GIRL POWER...now that chick has a set of titanium balls like no other...almost as good as Tienanmen Square! PROPS!
I love Amademajad's expression. Looks like he was stopped mid wave then realized she was flipping him off. "Hello. Hi th......oh"
lol and you can tell by the pixels its a shoop? all the shadows and lighting are right, this thing is f'king real
there was a big discussion over at reddit over whether its shopped or not. either way, its hilarious, awesome, and sums up my political views nicely
You don't need "proof" on an obvious shopped picture - for that you use your eyes. As I said earlier, it's still awesome. Here's the original. More from the silent protest in Tehran #iranelection on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Yes, but there probably should be a lot more reflection from her body. My heat-map program should be able to show clearly if it is photoshopped, but I can't find it. The guy who invented it put it on the net, so if anyone wants to track him down they can probably still download a copy. He's a forensic expert who identifies fake pics and video quite regularly for the FBI and others - particularly Al Qa'ida stuff.
The original is here. More from the silent protest in Tehran #iranelection on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Thanks. Here's Dr. Neal Krawetz, one of the best forensic document analysts in the U.S. Entries by Dr. Neal Krawetz - Secure Computing: Sec-C
This. Also the middle finger doesn't have the same meaning to Iranians as it does to westerners. Thumbs up on the other hand... Regardless of the specific gesture, looking at Ahmadi's face the meaning is clear
I've just noticed that there are 2 versions in circulation. The middle finger version is definitely a fake because the jpeg artifacts around the hand are very prominent. The other version looks real.
It's a shop because in Iran, the middle finger doesn't mean anything rude. Unless she did it on purpose knowing Ahmadinejad won't be offended. Giving the thumb to the Iranians is the same as giving the middle finger to the Western people.
(FIRST PIC - hand up) More from the silent protest in Tehran #iranelection on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (SECOND PIC - below) Here are 2 segments from both versions. Both have the wrong jpg artifacts, so they are probably both fake. See how the thumb is cut off in the first image. The hand also has black pixels surrounding it instead of graduating tone that is half way between the hand color and the background color. It also has artificial near-white pixels emphasizing the hand outline. Click on the image below to enlarge it.
