Is this photo photoshopped?

[nick h.]

According to this site the source of the pic is Airbus: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/2008/03/airbus-a340-600.html I don't know whether that means it's more or less likely to have been shopped.

The Airbus site doesn't seem to offer that pic, but it does have this one of a similar aircraft, an A340-600. http://www.airbus.com/store/photoli...media_object_image_highres_1884X1480_1184.jpg

 

[boskysquelch]

PS Elements is bloatware?

tis when it isn't Elements proper...imo/

 

[Herbsman.]

Doesn't look shopped to me, Sherlock. What you see in reflections depends on the distance of the viewer from the subject, and the perspective of the lens.

 

[Rainingstairs]

totally! it's photoshopped.

 

[Yossarian]

I reckon it's photoshopped because, for obvious reasons, runways don't tend to be so close to bodies of water that you can see planes reflected in the water.

 

[Crispy]

the reflection is not a simple inversion of the real plane - they're different angles. if it is a shop, it's very carefully done. it's standing water on concrete btw - not a lake or something

 

[Yossarian]

the reflection is not a simple inversion of the real plane - they're different angles. if it is a shop, it's very carefully done. it's standing water on concrete btw - not a lake or something

Vast puddles of water aren't welcomed on runways or anywhere else where planes will be, IME.

 

[Herbsman.]

Vast puddles of water aren't welcomed on runways or anywhere else where planes will be, IME.

oh yeah and planes can only ever be found on runways. people don't ever organise photoshoots in special locations. especially virgin - for a start, how would they afford it?

 

[cybertect]

Based on the attribution and a comment on the original posting at flightgolbal.com, my money's on it being the engine run-up area at Airbus' facility at Toulouse. As it's used for testing and has a mostly enclosed perimeter, possibly one of the easier and safer places to put a bit of water for a publicity shot.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...43.623409,1.359451&spn=0.004955,0.012563&z=17

Also seen here

http://www.airliners.net/photo/1293784/L/

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