Anyone notice any similarities?

How the Evening Standard Doctored a Photo

This photo appeared in the evening edition of the Evening Standard, Wednesday, April 9, 2003.



The front page had this photo on it with the heading 'Jubilation on the streets of Baghdad FREEDOM'

The photo is a still taken from BBC News 24. This massive image has been very obviously doctored in a program such as Photoshop. The image features a massive crowd of Iraqi's celebrating in the streets, HOWEVER in the mid and background it is possible to see how numerous photo's have been cut and pasted together to create the illusion of there being a massive crowd present.

In the background there is a white object (very possibly a turban) that appears three times. In the background exactly the same bent tubular object (possibly an arm in a white shirt) appears twice. In the mid to background section (to the right hand side) a man in a white shirt appears facing the camera, further on to the left the man appears with his head facing the left. This man has been photographed twice, one shortly after the other.

In the background it is possible to see a 'blurring tool' has been used to blur the cut and pastes used to doctor the photograph. It is also possible to see the usage of numerous photographs (as least 2) as they have been taken at slightly different angles and strange lines of sight appear in the image.



The repeated elements are circled, colors indicating the separate elements. Additionally the green line shows the obvious 'seam' there appears to be in the image where the entire area has been constructed as a composite of other elements. There is a definite repetition of one element on the right side too (purple), the elements that have been circled are those which are obvious and definitely matching.
A closer look:



Why, its the disgruntled layman, tired of the Government of the stategically critical Country. Iraq. WMD's. Iran. WMD's. Fool me once.

Edit: BTW, the above took place in the Middle of the most vicious fighting since Vietnam. Baghdad wasn't 'liberated', this was a staged event to distract eyes away from Baghdad airport, where the Republican Guard were decimating the US 1/3ID, forcing them to retreat where questionable weapons were used.