How a Minnesota programmer figured out that a NYT photo was altered

Re:How a Minnesota programmer figured out that a NYT photo w... by byteCoder on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @04:23PM (#694597)

I find it quite amazing that the photographer even bothered to 'shop the photo. It seems to me as irrationality on his or his editors' part.

In this case, I don't think the doctoring of the photo affects the substance of the article. However, that said, this is certainly an ethical lapse that should be soundly rejected by the New York Times' readership.

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Re:How a Minnesota programmer figured out that a NYT photo w... by potatolicious on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @04:53PM (#694662)

I'm confused as to why the photo was altered in the first place - even without the shop job it was quite striking in its symmetry.

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Re:How a Minnesota programmer figured out that a NYT photo w... by TrevorJ on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @04:59PM (#694678)

From what I understand, you aren't seeing the truly original photo in either of those examples. You are seeing the published versions, and the 'mirrored' version. They are attempting to prove that the published version was also mirrored by looking at the comparison of the 2.

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