The floating handbag should be your first inkling that the condo was built on sacred Indian burial grounds.
Thanks to Mark M!
SF Magazine: Rehabilitation?
The floating handbag should be your first inkling that the condo was built on sacred Indian burial grounds.
Thanks to Mark M!
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The entire table looks copy/pasted in there.
My handbag can do that.
There's a reflection of the bottom of the handbag on the counter top, though. Could it be they thought it looked in-motion even though the straps are slack?
And what's with the reflection in the oven door? It's giving me a headache.
The bag looks normal for an action shot--like she's slinging it onto the counter. Too bad no part of her body indicates she's in the middle of a move like that.
Reflekshun - Ur Doin It Rong
Yea the main thing is that you can see reflection of everything on the counter except of the bag. That's what make it looks so bad.
Nerte - look closer. The bowl obscures most of it, but you can definitely see the bottom the bag reflected.
I don't even know how they did this, though. Was the bag on a string? If they pasted in the bag, how did they get the reflection so right?
Morgan, you're right! So the bag is in the air! I didn't get the perspective, I thought it's more further from the camera, didn't expected it to be in the air.
Hahaha it's crazy, so like you said, the bag must been on some kind of string because the reflection looks pretty real.
This kitchen gone grazy, because the bag there levitates over the table. Real shock 4 Mr. Newton
The bag is indeed floating (why/how the hell), but the whole reflection seems right.
You can see the microwave too.
How many fingers does people use to have?
Scary...
I don't like to be the party pooper, but either this was due to the momentum of the capture which would not make it a photoshop disaster, or they were stupid enought to paste the bag AND its reflection...!?
Still, something smells fishy in this pic, maybe it's the woman, I dunno... :D
she has a hawk trapped in the bag, and it's trying to fly away.
but it also seems possible she just picked it up, cause one of the handles looks taut.
classy, pinkpantress - self-loathing much?
anyway, are people forgetting that you can actually, properly, fake a reflection? are we so used to seeing them done badly that we've forgotten they can be done? in other words, this bag could be floating over a PS'd table and there still be a reflection of the bag on the table.
The bag's hovering is spooky, but the guy's hand does look weird, most of his fingers are hidden, but it looks like he has metacarpals for five fingers, not four.
@goojafrooja - WTF?
No humour in this place... really! D:
P.S.: We of all should have lots of humour, after all we're all watching this Blog and see so much on a daily base... from all the BS made with PS!
Since the entry's title questions the word "rehabilitation" (see the question mark) I think the point is this is the wrong word. (It should be "restoration" I'm thinking.) This is not a PS disaster.
FYI there is a reflection of the bag there. It's miniscule, but it's there alright.
A burglar had broken into their home and is in the process of snatching the bag, out of shot, and she hasn't noticed yet. See, people, if you think about these things long enough the logical explanation will come :)
Optical illusion. No Photoshop.
If nothing else, I wish they had removed the switchblade buried deep in the male model's elbow. Very distracting.
Why do you say the bag was photoshopped in? Why not the fruit bowl? You expect the bag to have a reflection in the picture-and there have unquestionably been tonal adjustments that make the scene just look generally out of whack-but the bag is over a light area so there isn't going to be much of a reflection there anyway. Your eye is just mistaking the corner of the wall as a reflection because there is a reflection next to it. And this false cue makes the bag appear to float.
I could be wrong. I just can't figure out what was Photoshopped and why. Bit of a stumper.
That is a floating bag, and I don't want to hear any nonsense talking about how it's not a disaster.
By golly, I didn't notice the reflection of the bag way over there. What the hell? My bad...
It's like a modern art painting.....you can twist your head every which way, and still not see it.
The bag may appear to be "floating", but maybe the woman pulled it off of a shelf that's out-of-frame and this picture was during mid-swing.
Also, it looks likes she's holding the straps halfway down, and they also look taut.
I.....can't see what's wrong with this exactly.
I think the real disaster is the poor use of english. It should read AN historic not A historic
PSD addicts, searching hard for PSDs where there's none. If a photo looks perfect, search for a PSD...
Come on ! That's really easy.
An ultra fast burglar is pulling the bag away from her. The picture was taken at that exact moment.
That's one very safe condo by the way.
it could be that she's just picked up the straps of the bag as her man leads her out of the kitchen - however extra/some shadowing around the bag-table meet point could have helped avoid the floating look.
I see a dark halo edge around the bottom left of the bag suggesting it was cut out
wait . . . unless someone is holding the other strap of that bag or she's sliding it off a counter shelf . . mmm
There is probably just assistant holding the bag at the other end. No PSD, just bad photography.
It's an ad, no matter if there is some weird explanation for that odd effect, it sucks.
If this was the original shot the photoshop guy was required to fix it to avoid that creepy floating bag.
This is what retouch is intentended to be for. Not only bad compo or extra arm is a PSD.
Anyway I'd like to be paied to put some writings on a random hideous pic without doing absolutely nothing to make it better.
Hey mom I'm the photoshop expert, look at me! I'm writing on a photo! *sigh*
Okay, I'm also leaning toward this being an action shot, due to the fact that one of the straps on the bag looks taut. A "suspended moment" disaster, not PsD. (Lol at capitalistliontamer's comment!)
Something about the reflections on the countertop bugs me, not sure what it is...? Oh well, there are so many ads with weird reflections these days that I've completely forgotten what a natural reflection looks like. It would help if that fruit bowl and the white thing on the counter were out of the way, as well as the quotation sticker.
Side note: MrBonsaiKitten - "a historic" is becoming more prevalent in American English now, as "an" came into use when some British accents would pronounce the word as 'istoric with the dropped H. (It would be awkward to say "a 'istoric" there.) Since many Americans tend to huff that H now, the "an" before words like historic and heroic is becoming outdated in some regions. Most modern reference sources on AE deem "a historic" as correct as the other. But phrases like "an hour" are still preferred. ;)
@MrBonsaiKitten:
One of the most common mistakes, both written and oral, is the use of an before “historical” or “historic”. When the word following the article begins with a consonant sound, the article used is a; when it begins with a vowel sound, the article used is an.
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3431
I think the only thing they did was to move the shadow of the bag.
Originally the bag was on the table and very heavy.
But now the bag floats and look very heavy, and the ankle of the womans arm look odd.
When i look at the bags shadow it seems edit, the bag seem really big, but the shadow is so smooth. In my opinion the shadow should be more curved.
Perhaps..
*whoops, didn't realise someone said that already*
darwinsurvivor said...
The entire table looks copy/pasted in there.
Any theories that the whole counter (+ handbag) was pasted in?
WV: Upecompu
It was too amusing not to post.
Another option is someone off camera is holding the bag in mid-air to make it 'look' like it's flying off the counter as the woman and her husband.. race for the door? for no apparent reason. The bag could be attached to a pole or something else that clamps onto the side of the bag not seen - allowing the handles to sag.
If this is an action shot she is about to action into the side of that table. Quite how she is supposed be actioning so much that the bag levitates when she's jammed up against the wooden strut like that is a task for our panel of experts.
Short version - I would not pay for this image.
The bag could be resting on the higher part of the counter's back ledge... nothing bothers me with this image.
Giving an "amen, sister" to Samara, here....
There's a nice white outline on his arm, too.
Bad PSD aside, Faceless Hunk appears to be leaving his desperate mistress (look at her tenuous smile) and the nice little IKEA love nest they've filled with memories. And spices.
she looks vacant and mute, being led away by a faceless brute with no emotions. she's being led to her death but is still smiling, been promised a organic yogurt or something.
i also reckon he abuses her, gives her the odd slap for dinner being late on the table that sort of thing.
boelwerkr said... "I think the only thing they did was to move the shadow of the bag.
Originally the bag was on the table and very heavy.
But now the bag floats and look very heavy, and the ankle of the womans arm look odd."
WTF is the ankle of an arm?
Ankles are on legs not arms!
word verification: Lumstatin" (the drug that makes your purse do that)
Thats what happens when you put a whole box of those "3 Musketeers" in a bag.
The bag could be half-resting on something out of the frame. This is a bit of a stretch for a "Photoshop Disaster."
If the bag was on a shelf (and it may have been), it wasn't on this counter.
I think they pasted the counter in and faked the shadow. It is too rectangular anyway. The bag is much more rounded.
meh.
The quote is awesome though :p
It's supposed to be a historic San Fransisco house. Maybe it's Anton Lavey's old pad.
"I think the real disaster is the poor use of english. It should read AN historic not A historic"
'An' vs. 'a' depends on whether the next sound is a vowel sound or a consonant sound. "Historic", and a lot of other words starting with 'h', were once pronounced with a silent 'h', which is why "an historic" is the phrase you'll see more in older writing. Most people these days pronounce the 'h' at the beginning of these words, so "an historic" isn't really correct anymore.
I do not know if it is a photoshop disaster, I think it is a possibility, but what if... the bag was on the highest part of the countertop (the sides made of "wood") and the woman was "dragging" her purse, the thing is we can not see that part of the picture.
My modest contribution to the discussion:
http://www.sfnewdevelopments.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/montgomery_kitchen_fpo_sm2.jpg
Maybe they've actually just arrived and she's in the process of putting the bag DOWN. And she and her husband like to hold hands until the very last minute, and he's walking away and she's staying.
I realize it sounds like complete drivel - it's supposed to.
i accidently the whole reflection
I'm pretty sure this is just a picture. The woman definitely has the bag in her hand, and, unless they did a wonderful job with her hair, she is clearly in the room. Statements like this "Quite how she is supposed be actioning so much that the bag levitates when she's jammed up against the wooden strut like that is a task for our panel of experts," show that many people have no idea what's going on in this picture because she is clearly not jammed up against the edge of the table.
This also cannot be a Photoshop disaster for failing to make a real picture look real. That doesn't even make sense.
The most this can be accused of is being a poorly done photo.
I saw the bag as being suspended in the air, as if she's tossing it down. But, the man's pulling her in the opposite direction... Are they coming, or going?
Nevermind the shadow, why such a confusing action-shot for a condo ad? What are we supposed to read into this?
This is so obviously a disaster with a well-done reflection. The bag is in a vertical orientation, so there's no way she's in the middle of lifting it (as might be evidenced by that one taut strap) because if she were, then the purse would be at an angle, UNLESS it was resting on a flat surface (just try it yourself).
what about the fact that he has just walked through the table??
It could be resting on something just out of frame.
You're missing the main point (I think). The man pictured is not the original person she was holding hands with, hence the eerie split 5 fingered hand. Also look at where her eyes are looking - perhaps at the original (shorter) person who was there in the first place.
Maybe I am seeing too much...
i recognize that as a condo in SF (the montgomery). you can check out the plans online (and photos) and that counter is in there, for sure. the counter wasn't photoshopped... i can't speak for the purse though.
It looks like someone off-screen is pulling the bag away from her. That would make this all plausible.
also, it doesnt look like she's holding the bag in the middle, it's more towards one end, so that end is be lifted off the counter first.
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