For the pictures that lie assignment, I chose to doctor an image of the San Antonio skyline, inserting a space ship on the horizon. I was mostly inspired by an article I found using EBSCO that talked about how easy it is for anyone (even children) to make photos involving UFO's look believable. I used saturation levels, a grainy effect, and opacity tools on photoshop to make my photo more believable. I first saturated the picture of the San Antonio skyline and added the grain effect and then I used the magnetic lasso tool to cut out the spaceship from another photo and place it on top of the San Antonio skyline. I wanted to manipulate this photo to show just how easy it is to make a silly idea seem believable. I suppose this image could be harmful if people took it really seriously, but my hope is that people would research the photo more to find out that it isn't actually true.
My question for you, based off of the article I read, is do you really think that people believe these photos? My article asks, "Are these photos good evidence that extraterrestrials are visiting our planet? Or could there be other simpler explanations for them?" What do you think??
My question for you, based off of the article I read, is do you really think that people believe these photos? My article asks, "Are these photos good evidence that extraterrestrials are visiting our planet? Or could there be other simpler explanations for them?" What do you think??
Cohen, Shoshana, and Tyson Gilmore. "How to fake UFO photos." Skeptic 6.4 (1998): 102. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.
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