Hi All
I’m sure you have all seen the photo in the news paper of the Whale breaching and almost landing on the Yacht which apparently happened yesterday….
Well if you have you have also probably heard about the controversy surrounding this image… Many people saying its Photoshopped and many saying, “NAAAH, why would they do that it has to be real!” ….
You have a look I’d love to hear your opinions….
HUGS xxx
Jilli
TheWanderingBoo
real or not, it’s a great image :¬)
Fran E.
hmmmm it looks genuine though a few things seem strange: the sailing boat seem not to be affected by the whale (not tipping to the side with the water moved), there’s who shade of the whale on the side of the boat (light’s coming from the left), the whale looks awfully “small” compare to the boat.
No matter what it’s a fabulous pic!
DilettantO
Hmmmmmm…well if it IS Photoshopped, it’s very well done. There is a cast shadow of the whale on the hull of the yacht, but that could have been added easily enough. I guess the only people who know if it’s real or not are the dude at the helm (who doesn’t look too bothered that his boat is about to be trashed and he’s going to be swimming for it) and the photographer(s) who took the photograph(s) XX
Country Pursuits
It seems funny that the guy on the boat is looking at where he is going, and the guy who took the pic just happened to have his camera focused on the boat just as the whale jumped.
portparadise
photoshoped – without a doubt. The miage is great, and the only way I know it is photoshopped is because of the serenity of the scene [ans maybe a few other small tell tale signs in the water]. A whale in mid breach like this has no ability to change direction – that boat would be obliterated, and the guy steering would me mid dive off the side. He would have heard it before it got to this exact point and would at the very least, have his head turned.
Cervantes
I tend to believe its fake..the perspective of scale of the whale against the man is wrong (the whale just isn’t big enough) …a great use of imagination though..:)
DilettantO
Answer is: It isn’t. I just saw video on the news of the whale crashing down on the yacht, trashing it. Pretty sure they didn’t fake that. X