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April 04, 2007

A Bit More About the Karl Rove Photo

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Original
Since there has been so much speculation about how much of the Karl Rove image had been photoshopped I thought I should re-post the original, so people can compare the two. It looks like wonkette was the first to really put it all together.
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Photoshopped version
Though, there seems to be a lot of speculation that my whole blog was part of the grand scheme, but in reality the only thing on this entire blog which was changed for the practical joke was the one Karl Rove image. I could say more about this but it looks like the guys over at Coptix did a good before and after on the image. Also, check out Irresponsible Journalism for a bit more info. And finally a huge hat tip goes out to Ron Ott who was the photoshop expert on the job. My favorite part of the photo is where he shopped in the Sleestaks on the tv. He did a perfect job keeping the lighting consistent. Well do Ron!

The times free press is doing an article, and I will post a link once I get it.

Update:
Here is the link to the Times Free Press article. It looks like it made the front page of the online and print addition.

Posted by gid at April 4, 2007 09:38 AM
Comments

Assuming that all the other photos are not faked, did you take them personally when at Porkers?

Or did you get them from the Free Press, the White House photographer, or some other source?

Just curious... Thanks!

Posted by: lambert strether at April 5, 2007 12:07 PM

Yes, I took them all. I have carried a small Dimage xg in my pocket for the last 2 years.

Well let me clarify, I took all the images except two of them. The one with President Bush, which I posted on April 2nd. That picture was taken by the Whitehouse photographer. And a friend of mine took the one with Zack Wamp, but it was taken with my camera.

Posted by: gid at April 5, 2007 12:28 PM
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