Pictures That Lie

I chose a picture of a great white shark to superimpose upon an image of a man diving for a frisbee. I chose these pictures because I thought it would be interesting to show a man jumping for a frisbee against a great white shark. The great white shark picture originated from National Geographic's website and the photo of the man playing frisbee was found searching a picture database. The picture was manipulated by making the man playing frisbee into a black and white picture and then decreasing the lightness to match the tone of the great white shark. The shark was outlined using the magnetic lasso tool and then moved to the picture of the man with the move tool. The shark was then made into black and white and the lightness was increased to match the man. The clone stamp tool was then used to create a more natural background for the shark and the blur tool was used to attempt to blur the line of the shark's fin in the water. It was manipulated as a joke, to show a funny or ironic picture of a man competing against a shark. The manipulation could be harmful if anyone believed the shark to be eating the man, but it is not really, as people would take it as a funny joke or image. This related to the researched article about an image that was photoshopped in a magazine article about Dustin Hoffman. The article showed how harmful altered images can be to the reputation of people or create false impressions to viewers of the false images. Although the image can be seen as satirical or a joke, caution must be employed to be sure that nobody's reputation or well-being is harmed by the alteration of an image.

1) Alex Kuczynski. "Dustin Hoffman Wins Suit on Photo Alteration. " New York Times (1923-Current file) 23 Jan. 1999,ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2006), ProQuest. Web. 11 Apr. 2010.