[newheart]

I work in Photoshop. Daily.

From my perspective both photos are faked. There probably was an original with just grandma and grandpa on the bench. But, in my humble opinion, Obama was added. It is pretty well done but the real giveaway is the light on Obama’s head. Both of the Dunhams are washed out on the top of their heads and the top of their shoulders. Obama’s image shows none of that. Not washed out on top at all. And even though he has dark hair and relatively dark skin, that kind of light would still show up.

As for the second image, it is an amateurish fake built from the first one. The stone to the right of granny Dunham has been very poorly cloned, hence the repeating patterns of exact grays and blacks. And yes, that is Obie’s knee in the picture without him.

So I think that both of these pix have been altered. The first by someone in support of Obama’s story, and the second is a fake of a fake, foolishly trying to negate Obama’s story in a disingenuous fashion.

[PetroniusMaximus]

I work in photoshop all day long and have been using it since version 1. I have looked over the above photo and think it is real (maybe slightly retouched.)

When I look for editing in a photo I do two things:

1. I create and exposure layer in PS and run the Gamma up and down looking for a mismatch in the exposure that would only be apparent at high or low gamma settings. In this photo, Obama's exposure is consistent with his grandparents across the spectrum (except for reddening in the dark areas at gamma 8 which is normal). There are a number of thing I see which can't be faked. At a high gamma setting you can see a shadow of the grandfather's hand on Obama's shoulder. The shadow yellows as it fades. You can't fake that.

2. I run the photo through an emboss filter to look for mismatches in the film grain and jpeg artifacts. Again, this photo shows no mismatch.

So I say this is a wild goose.

[trisham]

But, in my humble opinion, Obama was added. It is pretty well done but the real giveaway is the light on Obama’s head. Both of the Dunhams are washed out on the top of their heads and the top of their shoulders. Obama’s image shows none of that. Not washed out on top at all. And even though he has dark hair and relatively dark skin, that kind of light would still show up.

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You're right.

[UCANSEE2]

I agree with the idea that both have been EDITED.