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The Year 2008 in Photographs

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Sir Loin

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I expected this excellent collection complied by The Boston Globe to have been posted by now. As it has not been I must immediately rectify the situation. Truly INCREDIBLE photography!



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The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com

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2008 in photographs (part 2 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com

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2008, the year in photographs (part 3 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com
 
Amazing photography. I so enjoy year in review pictorials, especially those of such high quality.
 
BTW, I had to point this photo out. It's not the best, nor the most dramatic. But was so good about it--in my opinion--is that it's a completely real and unadulterated photo that looks fake.

Cool.

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Middleground said:
BTW, I had to point this photo out. It's not the best, nor the most dramatic. But was so good about it--in my opinion--is that it's a completely real and unadulterated photo that looks fake.

Cool.
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I would argue that image is layered. The white lines around the central subject.
 
winston53660 said:
I would argue that image is layered. The white lines around the central subject.
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According to them, it's not. This is the write-up:

Italian soccer club AC Milan's newly signed player Ronaldinho of Brazil attends his presentation at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 17, 2008. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) # (for those who claim this image has been digitally altered, here is a larger detail of the photo - the halo is from backlighting, not photoshop)
 
Middleground said:
According to them, it's not. This is the write-up:

Italian soccer club AC Milan's newly signed player Ronaldinho of Brazil attends his presentation at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 17, 2008. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) # (for those who claim this image has been digitally altered, here is a larger detail of the photo - the halo is from backlighting, not photoshop)
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I was just going to say that looks more like natural back lighting than layering to me! :cool:
 
Sir Loin said:
I was just going to say that looks more like natural back lighting than layering to me! :cool:
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Me too. The fuzzy hair is what made me think that.
 
Middleground said:
According to them, it's not. This is the write-up:

Italian soccer club AC Milan's newly signed player Ronaldinho of Brazil attends his presentation at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 17, 2008. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) # (for those who claim this image has been digitally altered, here is a larger detail of the photo - the halo is from backlighting, not photoshop)
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I could be wrong but from this image on this board it looks like a layering (cut and paste) to me. The white lines are just not smooth enough for back lighting IMHO. It could be several things like the image going through several generations or just odd light.
 
winston53660 said:
I could be wrong but from this image on this board it looks like a layering (cut and paste) to me. The white lines are just not smooth enough for back lighting IMHO. It could be several things like the image going through several generations or just odd light.
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Here's a close-up:

http://graphics.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/2008_pt1/ronaldinho.jpg

IT and Sir Loin are both correct... the hair gives it away. But I will admit that at first, I thought it was fake too.
 
Middleground said:
Here's a close-up:

http://graphics.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/2008_pt1/ronaldinho.jpg

IT and Sir Loin are both correct... the hair gives it away. But I will admit that at first, I thought it was fake too.
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I could only accept it as real on someone's word. Above the black head covering there is just too much that looks like a bad cut out. And the sharpness of the other white lines believes me to believe this. But hey I could be wrong. It would be first but I could be wrong:mrgreen:
 
Amazing shots. Thanks for sharing.
 
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