Question from a non-photographer ---

[madamesilverspurs]

Saw this pic in a comment posted to a video thread. It purports to show a crowd at a Michelle Obama event. To my very untrained eye it seems to have been manipulated. Is it?




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[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. yes, utterly

and clumsily

[Mz Pip]

2. Yes.

You can see the same groupings of figures throughout the photo.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Very, very obvious

I see that kind of diagonally aligned rectangle with the darker purple splotch to the right of it all over the place.

[BrightKnight]

4. Apparently someone went crazy with the "clone stamp tool" - n/t