This photo doesn't look genuine...

[Greenheart]

I was having a look at the pictures on Google Earth, to the east of the Isle of Wight...and here's one of them...sorry I can't put the picture up here, only a link...

http://www.panoramio.com/photo_expl...hoto_id=33943454&order=date_desc&user=2481601

I can't see exactly why anyone would unsubtly paste a cut-out of a ship onto a photo of the sea...but it really doesn't look genuine to me. Any opinions?

 

[macd]

I see no evidence of faking. There's a touch of odd pixellation on the near-horizontals near the top of the tanker, but this is likely to be a function of compression/image size reduction. Looks pukka enough to me.

 

[VicMallows]

Very odd position to be anchored though ..... unless an emergency situation.

 

[Giblets]

Can't see why a ship would not be anchored there. It looks like it's on either Nab Anchorage No 3 or No. 4 east of Culver Cliff/Whitecliff Bay about 3 miles off. They are there all the time.

 

[Greenheart]

Doesn't the light look a bit odd? There's something a bit stark and overly-defined about the ship, relative to the sea. I'm not sure the scale looks quite natural to me either.

The waves near the camera give the impression that the viewer is close to the water...but we must be at a high point, because we can see the beach above the ship, beyond it.

 

[johnalison]

Both the light direction and wind direction look OK to me. I don't know the area well enough to know about whether a ship should be there.

 

[salar]

That is south of Culver which is the white cliff, and that is a designated anchorage for large vessels. There are usually three or four tankers anchored in the area presumably like a taxi rank waiting for a fare.

 

[charles_reed]

Rather over photoshopped but a recognised anchorage and wind/attitude look in keeping.

 

[srp]

Rather over photoshopped but a recognised anchorage and wind/attitude look in keeping.

Yes, the colours have been over-saturated to make it look a bit more dramatic. My home ground, and there are always a few ships anchored off Culver, as well as round the corner off St Helens.

 

[charles_reed]

Yes, the colours have been over-saturated to make it look a bit more dramatic. My home ground, and there are always a few ships anchored off Culver, as well as round the corner off St Helens.

I think he just upped contrast and light - no subtle playing with balance or hue. I await a professional opinion BUT I don't think it's a fake (as DC asked).

 

[Greenheart]

Thanks for the points of view, gentlemen.

I know the area quite well myself, so I can't possibly claim that a ship wouldn't or couldn't be there - it's often like a supermarket car-park.

The possibility of the image having been Photoshopped, probably explains the slightly unnatural tone I believed I could see.

 

[stu9000]

just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you