Here's the photo with the ambulance. It's not graphic at all. Notice the shadows under the ambulance. Notice some people cast shadows but others do not, plus the shadows are well defined but the people are blurred. Doesn't work like that. The angle of the shadows of the poles was weird. Those had to be made by artificial light. Who stops…
Here's the photo with the ambulance. It's not graphic at all. Notice the shadows under the ambulance. Notice some people cast shadows but others do not, plus the shadows are well defined but the people are blurred. Doesn't work like that. The angle of the shadows of the poles was weird. Those had to be made by artificial light. Who stops to put up an artificial light source in the middle of a bombing? At the same time, the abmulance shadow is too bright and too clear not to be a daytime shadow and there's no way the same light source made those shadows plus the ones on the poles. Also, you don't get those kind of shadows at night. https://en.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/news/world/At-least-750-dead-in-Israeli-attack-on-Gaza-hospital/
Also, about these CNN photos in general, and like Jeff said yesterday or day before - this is 2023 and we should have clear, ungrainy photos, not something that looks like it was snapped on a disk camera in 1980.
Thank you, great explanation and photo. Reminds me of the fake photos from Ukraine. Cars tossed by bombs against buildings but no damage to the buildings.
Without your breakdown of the photo, I would have thought that the shadows were cast by a large parking lot light. And the people were blurry because they were running. Do you think that’s not possible? (Definitely not defending the lying liars at CNN, just curious as to how to better understand this.)
Possibly they could be blurry because running, but have a look at the person by the tire. They are blurred, but the shadow is really well defined. If the person was moving so fast they blurred, then their shadow should be fuzzy on the edges, too. It could be a parking lot light, but those are generally orange/yellow in photos because they are sodium vapor lights, not white light. But all this being said, the fire should still be so much brighter than the rest of the scene.
Oh wow, I would have never thought twice about any of these things! Thank for taking the time to explain it all and providing great tools to help us to understand the propaganda a bit better.
My guess is a LED floodlight, it's the right color for that. I do take the point about the fire not being bright enough, and the people being more blurred than their shadows. For me it's not 100% yet, it's sus, but there might be an explanation I haven't seen yet that is sufficiently satisfying. (The shadow edges are still a little blurred too, after all, and the contrast there is higher so perhaps that helps make them more distinct than the lower-contrast humans, bearing in mind this appears to be taken in low-light, so longer exposure, and you can see the graininess as well - digital sensors don't do so well in low light situations.)
I will say, based on the changing angles of the shadows on the posts, this looks like there is some kind of floodlight up high on the building the photo is being taken from. It's a point source, close enough that the shadows have slightly different angles on each post (which sunlight wouldn't do). It also explains why the ambulance shadow is so clear, it's right below the light. Now, how there is a bright light in an area with the power out is another question, maybe they have a generator, maybe it's a completely different fire somewhere else. That's the thing, you can never be quite sure based just on a photo.
Here's the photo with the ambulance. It's not graphic at all. Notice the shadows under the ambulance. Notice some people cast shadows but others do not, plus the shadows are well defined but the people are blurred. Doesn't work like that. The angle of the shadows of the poles was weird. Those had to be made by artificial light. Who stops to put up an artificial light source in the middle of a bombing? At the same time, the abmulance shadow is too bright and too clear not to be a daytime shadow and there's no way the same light source made those shadows plus the ones on the poles. Also, you don't get those kind of shadows at night. https://en.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/news/world/At-least-750-dead-in-Israeli-attack-on-Gaza-hospital/
Also, about these CNN photos in general, and like Jeff said yesterday or day before - this is 2023 and we should have clear, ungrainy photos, not something that looks like it was snapped on a disk camera in 1980.
Thank you, great explanation and photo. Reminds me of the fake photos from Ukraine. Cars tossed by bombs against buildings but no damage to the buildings.
And with a fire that bright, wouldn't you expect there to be shadows cast in the opposite direction of the ones we're seeing?
Exactly!
Without your breakdown of the photo, I would have thought that the shadows were cast by a large parking lot light. And the people were blurry because they were running. Do you think that’s not possible? (Definitely not defending the lying liars at CNN, just curious as to how to better understand this.)
Possibly they could be blurry because running, but have a look at the person by the tire. They are blurred, but the shadow is really well defined. If the person was moving so fast they blurred, then their shadow should be fuzzy on the edges, too. It could be a parking lot light, but those are generally orange/yellow in photos because they are sodium vapor lights, not white light. But all this being said, the fire should still be so much brighter than the rest of the scene.
Oh wow, I would have never thought twice about any of these things! Thank for taking the time to explain it all and providing great tools to help us to understand the propaganda a bit better.
My guess is a LED floodlight, it's the right color for that. I do take the point about the fire not being bright enough, and the people being more blurred than their shadows. For me it's not 100% yet, it's sus, but there might be an explanation I haven't seen yet that is sufficiently satisfying. (The shadow edges are still a little blurred too, after all, and the contrast there is higher so perhaps that helps make them more distinct than the lower-contrast humans, bearing in mind this appears to be taken in low-light, so longer exposure, and you can see the graininess as well - digital sensors don't do so well in low light situations.)
I will say, based on the changing angles of the shadows on the posts, this looks like there is some kind of floodlight up high on the building the photo is being taken from. It's a point source, close enough that the shadows have slightly different angles on each post (which sunlight wouldn't do). It also explains why the ambulance shadow is so clear, it's right below the light. Now, how there is a bright light in an area with the power out is another question, maybe they have a generator, maybe it's a completely different fire somewhere else. That's the thing, you can never be quite sure based just on a photo.