So you think you can do a trackstand?

Per Andre Jute:
You reckon the whole thing is a Photoshop special, Sherlock?

I don't know enough to make a judgment graphics-wise.

But, in addition to the elbows/grass thing, his posture/balance
doesn't look right for supporting 40 lbs or so on his forehead.

OTOH, the two ladies certainly seem tb looking at *something*.

--
PeteCresswell

On Oct 21, 2:54*pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per Andre Jute:

You reckon the whole thing is a Photoshop special, Sherlock?

I don't know enough to make a judgment graphics-wise.

I do know enough to make a judgement. But in practice all graphics
sent up to the net are either deliberately or automatically processed
somewhere along the line to correct colour balance and, if the poster
is at all conscientious, by sharpening (not at all what it sounds
like, the actual process of choice is "unsharp mask"). That makes it
dicey to say with certainty whether the photo is a composite unless...

But, in addition to the elbows/grass thing, his posture/balance
doesn't look right for supporting 40 lbs or so on his forehead.

....unless there is corollary corroboration...

OTOH, the two ladies certainly seem tb looking at *something*.

....and other commonsense indicators.

Most fraudulent photoshoppers are caught because they lack the
necessary skills, because they are crude. Some of even the
sophisticated and skilled are caught because Joe Blow no longer
believes that a photograph can't lie. But a picture still tells a
thousand words, which we have now spent trying to work out the truth
of that photo.

Andre Jute
Truth is a subdivision of liberty

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:54:52 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per Andre Jute:
You reckon the whole thing is a Photoshop special, Sherlock?

I don't know enough to make a judgment graphics-wise.

But, in addition to the elbows/grass thing, his posture/balance
doesn't look right for supporting 40 lbs or so on his forehead.

OTOH, the two ladies certainly seem tb looking at *something*.

Dear Pete,

A few more examples of people who seem to be looking at something
implausible:
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/HG...Hulton-Archive
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/33...Hulton-Archive
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/AB06287/Retrofile
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/JD.../Hulton-Archiv

As the caption for the last photo suggests, you could make a handsome
living doing tricks like that before television (and before
photoshop).

Another bike-on-the-forehead photo:

http://www.photographersgalleryza.co...ng-bycicle.jpg

Photo of Edward Jackman balancing a bicycle on his forehead while
juggling four clubs:
http://tinyurl.com/yjuzgbp

"Waldemar Paetzold would balance a bicycle on his forehead while his
left hand held a spinning hat on the end of a stick and his right hand
juggled two other hats."
http://tinyurl.com/ykjjjax

You can hire Tim Salisbury to balance a bicycle on his forehead:
http://www.entertainmentbytim.com/entertainment.htm
http://www.entertainmentbytim.com/im...gling_bike.jpg

Here's a fellow playing a guitar while balancing a bike on his
forehead:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7...ae5aba2ul8.jpg

(It's easier to use the seat instead of the tire, like Salisbury and
the guitarist.)

For a movie of a fellow balancing a similar bicycle on the bridge of
his nose, go to about 7:19 he
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74835

A more modern bike-balancing movie, at about 2:45:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpyHLnKQJI

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:55:46 -0600, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:54:52 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per Andre Jute:
You reckon the whole thing is a Photoshop special, Sherlock?

I don't know enough to make a judgment graphics-wise.

But, in addition to the elbows/grass thing, his posture/balance
doesn't look right for supporting 40 lbs or so on his forehead.

OTOH, the two ladies certainly seem tb looking at *something*.

Dear Pete,

A few more examples of people who seem to be looking at something
implausible:
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/HG...Hulton-Archive
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/33...Hulton-Archive
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/AB06287/Retrofile
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/JD.../Hulton-Archiv

As the caption for the last photo suggests, you could make a handsome
living doing tricks like that before television (and before
photoshop).

Another bike-on-the-forehead photo:

http://www.photographersgalleryza.co...ng-bycicle.jpg

Photo of Edward Jackman balancing a bicycle on his forehead while
juggling four clubs:
http://tinyurl.com/yjuzgbp

"Waldemar Paetzold would balance a bicycle on his forehead while his
left hand held a spinning hat on the end of a stick and his right hand
juggled two other hats."
http://tinyurl.com/ykjjjax

You can hire Tim Salisbury to balance a bicycle on his forehead:
http://www.entertainmentbytim.com/entertainment.htm
http://www.entertainmentbytim.com/im...gling_bike.jpg

Here's a fellow playing a guitar while balancing a bike on his
forehead:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7...ae5aba2ul8.jpg

(It's easier to use the seat instead of the tire, like Salisbury and
the guitarist.)

For a movie of a fellow balancing a similar bicycle on the bridge of
his nose, go to about 7:19 he
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74835

A more modern bike-balancing movie, at about 2:45:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpyHLnKQJI

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Drat! Forgot this one:
http://www.wuk.at/hochrad/artistik/balance.jpg

Cheers,

Carl Fogel