Obama Punahou Basketball image Photoshopped with Adobe version 3.0.8

Repubx ^ | April 23, 2009 | DefendUSx

[SvenMagnussen]

Well, did you think it was authentic? Nope, and just like Obama's Certificate of Live Birth Forgery, it left a nasty Photoshop finger print.

For those you not that computer-savvy, Photoshop is image-editing software (the most popular). You can virtually superimpose one image onto another etc. Photoshop is often used to put heads on other peoples' bodies (as in the case of some Glam magazines) etc. Even an amateur with this software can make convincing, yet fake photos.

Check out the image below that Obots are trying to pass around as proof that Obama attended Punahou Private school in Hawaii.

[rxsid]

Seeking answers...just ran across this:

An interview with his, then, coach in late 2008: http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/leahey20081119_mclachlin.htm

Should be no question that Barry played BB there. That of course proves....that he played BB there.

[ga medic]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0307/3125.html

Another interesting article on his basketball days in HI.

[ga medic]

see the article linked in post 41. There are many accounts from his friends and those who knew him. It doesn’t appear that they knew him very well, but they did all seem to remember him.

[bannie]

Is there something wrong with the relationship between Obama’s arm and the arm of the blond fellow on the left? They don’t seem to contact correctly.

Or is it just me?

[MediaMole]

Every image that ends up on the news wire was run through Photoshop at some point. It is the default image editing software for all professional purposes.

I’ll guarantee you that every single image printed in the newspaper was run through photoshop during prepress. The mere existence of an image tag indicating photoshop is not evidence of a forgery.

[wtc911]

And then they got everyone in the school, including teachers, to shut up forever. Man, these guys are goooood.

[Polarik]

What I meant to say was that all photos have been altered in some way, but not all of them are faked, as in phony.

Just because an image has a Photoshop signature, it doesn’t mean that the image was altered to change the nature of the objects shown.

In the case of group shots with Obama, when I see odd-shaped shadows or shadows going in the opposite direction as compared to everyone else, or the lack of shadows when there should be, taking into account that his skin is dark and doesn’t reflect light as do whites, I begin to question the fidelity of the image. And it’s not just Obama that I’m examining.

First of all, I agree with the comment that Obama is holding a basketball with the lower half of the ball resting against his inside right thigh and held in place with his right arm (lower forearm, wrist, and hand).

Accurate observation, but not a sign of any alterations.

In that basketball photo, take a look at the shadow between the right arm of #12 (first row) and the guy sitting to his right. #12 clearly has his arm in front of the other guy, yet there appears to be a shadow that begins right above the index finger of his left hand, bends inward for about 21 pixels, cutting off a long chunk of #12’s upper arm and making it about as thick as his wrist, until it curves back out at the shoulder.

The guy look like Popeye on steroids.

The only way that could possibly happen, if at all, would be if the light source was located perpendicular to him from his left side, but clearly, the light is coming from above and slightly to the right of the players.

However, something else is off, and that’s the gradation of pixels that indicate the direction of the light source. Looking again at #12’s shadow, from top to bottom, the pixels range from light grey to dark grey instead of from dark grey to light grey, as in the other shadows.

Somebody edited this image at the pixel level, and to see what I’m talking about, you have to enlarge it 2000%.

Look at the guy sitting to Obama’s left. Look at his head from above the eyes to the top of the hairline. To get such an even pixel progression as shown on his forehead and hairline, his noggin would have to be a basketball, or some other equally circular object.

Now, here’s the deal about Photoshop. Photoshop is often used to crop and resize an image, and then save it for web display (72DPI). The Associated Press, who modifed this image, made a point of extensively filling in the IPTC information (different from Exif information which carries photo data) naming the source of the document, what the photo describes, and so on.

IPTC stands for “International Press Telecommunications Council,” and was developed in the early 1990s to expedite the international exchange of news among newspapers and news agencies. It is a file structure and set of metadata attributes that can be applied to text, images and other media types. It also is used to prevent copyright infringement, although the AP cannot copyright a photo taken from another source. The IPTC in this photo contains a caption, caption writer, headline, and special instructions.

Here’s their IPTC metadata:

OFFSET: 0x00000014
length = 1044
Identifier = [Photoshop 3.0]
8BIM: [0x0404] Name(0)=[] Len=[0x03DC]
IPTC [0x1C02:000] Record Version = [0x0002]
IPTC [0x1C02:005] Object Name = [AP Obama Profile]
IPTC [0x1C02:015] Category = [A ]
IPTC [0x1C02:020] SuppCategory = [ELN08]
IPTC [0x1C02:040] Special Instructions = [1977 PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE OAHUAN, THE YEARBOOK OF PUNAHOU SCHOOL. NO SALES. AP provides access to this publicly distributed HANDOUT photo to be used only to illustrate news reporting or commentary on the facts or events depicted in this image.]
IPTC [0x1C02:055] DateCreated = [20070324]
IPTC [0x1C02:085] By-line Title = [HO]
IPTC [0x1C02:090] City = [Honolulu]
IPTC [0x1C02:095] Province-State = [HI - Hawaii]
IPTC [0x1C02:101] CountryName = [USA - United States]
IPTC [0x1C02:103] OriginalTransmissionRef = [CHI0806031346181465]
IPTC [0x1C02:110] Credit = [Associated Press]
IPTC [0x1C02:115] Source = [OAHUAN, YEARBOOK OF PUNAHOU SCHO]
IPTC [0x1C02:105] Headline = [Barak “Barry” Obama]
IPTC [0x1C02:120] Caption-Abstract = [** FILE ** In this 1977 file photo provided by the The Oahuan, yearbook of Punahou School, Barack Obama, second row center, is seen with is junior varsity basketball team in this 1977 yearbook class photo in Honolulu. Obama loved basketball and as a forward dubbed “Barry O’Bomber,” he favored a left-handed double pump shot. During his senior year, the varsity team captured the state championship. (AP Photo/Punahoe Schools, File) ** NO SALES ** ORG XMIT: WX313]
IPTC [0x1C02:122] ? size=30
IPTC [0x1C02:130] ImageType = [ ]
8BIM: [0x03ED] Name(0)=[] Len=[0x0010]

One thing I do know for sure about the Associated Press is that they are totally in the tank for Obama. They are about as much in love with Obama as MSNBC. That being the case, I would put money on this photo looking differently than the original photo taken in 1977.

[cripplecreek]

In that pic it looks like Zero isn’t the only one wearing the number 21.

[ga medic]

I don’t think that you can tell what number is on the warm up jacket. The sleeve is either blocking the number, or the fabric is wrinkled. If you look closely, the second number is almost completely covered up.

[nascarnation]

interesting, thanks
sounds like his high school really was a country club
too bad they won’t let kids in DC have the same opportunity

[TankerKC]

From the link

Check out the image below that Obots are trying to pass around as proof that Obama attended Punahou Private school in Hawaii.

Is there really some question that he attended the school?

[TankerKC]

It is also used for:...

Thanks for that bit of sanity.

[LibertyRocks]

Obama’s admitted use of cocaine would take care of that part of the ‘problem’ regarding loss of musculature (It would also explain the inredibly skinny legs he’s got — even though ther are plenty of people in the world with skinny legs that haven’t ever touched the stuff! LOL)

[Fresh Wind]

I’m troubled by the shadow on Obama’s left shoulder. You can see a definite line going from the base of his neck to his left (our right), sloping down slightly. None of the other people in the image have a shadow like this. The Obama image just doesn’t look like it belongs there.

I’ve spent many, many hours restoring old photographs using Photoshop. As you say, there are many legitimate things you can do to enhance an image without changing it’s meaning or content. But this one just ain’t right.

[justiceseeker93]

Doubt that he was that much taller than his HS teammates in real life. How tall is he today - 6'1”? It would seem that most of the boys on that team would eventually grow to be about that height, since basketball would attract taller than average youngsters. So at about the same age, most of the kids on the team would probably be about the same height as Obama; the image of O towering over them in the photo was probably concocted to make O look like the big guy who stuck out from the rest.

[Polarik]

You’re right. I also had a problem with the shadow that Obama as allegedly casting, and I think I mentioned it in response to an earlier post.

How does a shadow NOT get cast over the sleeves of a white tanktop on both shoulders but DO SHOW UP on black skin??

How does a shadow go where it shouldn’t be?

To get that shadow on his left shoulder, the sun would have to be 10 degrees to the right (our left) of a perpendicular plane.

It’s not for everyone else.

[cynwoody]

What's the supposed motive for producing a fake? All that's likely to happen is embarrassment when someone produces the original with someone else sitting in Bambi's place. After all, it's well established that he attended that school. So, no need for a fake.

BTW, as an aside, Google Labs has a new image search tool. It lets you look up an image the old fashioned way, via keyword search. Then it offers to show you additional images similar in appearance to your choice of one of the images found via keyword. (I think the ultimate goal is to allow you to upload an arbitrary image and search for similar ones, but they're not there yet.)

Anyway, here is a collection of images that look like our president. Check out the guy in the lower right of the first page of results. I think this is a feature with a future!

[justiceseeker93]

This photo looks more muscular, beefier than the adult Obama.

By making Obama look taller and more muscular than the real Obama was, the Photoshoppers are creating a delusional image of power.

[justiceseeker93]

Is there really some question that he attended the school?

Probably not. The most critical question is, "Is he a Natural Born Citizen, within the Constitutional meaning of that clause?" The issue of whether or not he attended that high school is minute compared to the question of constitutional eligibility for POTUS.

[Quix]

Thanks thanks.