No. I can guarntee this photo is a fake. I am a professional photographer and use Photoshop daily. These patterns happen when an inexperienced person is trying to 'clone' something.
No feathering...wrong size.....wrong brush.....
all im saying is if you dont have the actual photo then people sound just like any tinfoil conspiracy theorist. I also think it looks suspicous....but we need to have a side by side evidence
Agreed. I use clone a lot. It has been manipulated.
Same here. I used Photoshop for years. This is probably one of the worst clone jobs I've seen.
Likewise. I would also add that it looks like the "burn" tool was used to create the darker shadows under the "smoke". There is too cllear a demarcation line near the bottom of the photo.