Royal photoshopping

[Don_ih]

then walked out of the palace, across the courtyard and let out the gate. Everyone seeing you will wonder why you are such a big shot to be allowed in.

Half the people will assume you were trespassing and got a firm escort off palace grounds.

 

[Ballinderry-Michael]

A big secret about Buckingham Palace: Walk up to the gate and ask the guard to sign the King's Visitor book. You and your friends will be let in, be walked across the courtyard, while everyone outside the fence watch you, enter the palace through a door and be escorted to a table to sign the book and then walked out of the palace, across the courtyard and let out the gate. Everyone seeing you will wonder why you are such a big shot to be allowed in.

I did that while Elizabeth II was alive. For my location I put "From the former colony of Maryland".

As there haven't been sentries posted at the gate since 1959 (granted, the late Queen was alive then), I cannot believe this story. Before then a sentry would simply ignore you if you tried to engage them in conversation - I observed that happening more than once.

 

[koraks]

As there haven't been sentries posted at the gate since 1959 (granted, the late Queen was alive then)

What makes you think Sirius' visit was later than that?

 

[Sirius Glass]

As there haven't been sentries posted at the gate since 1959 (granted, the late Queen was alive then), I cannot believe this story. Before then a sentry would simply ignore you if you tried to engage them in conversation - I observed that happening more than once.

I did not speak to a sentry. I spoke to someone at the gate. I leaned about this from a Fedor's travel book and later found it in other travel books.
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[BrianShaw]

I’m still marveling at you being able to sign the King’s Viaitor Book during the reign of a Queen. Perhaps they were trying to fool the esteemed representative of the former colony

In the current environment, they’d probably charge admission and a separate administrative fee!

 

[Sirius Glass]

I’m still marveling at you being able to sign the King’s Viaitor (sic) Book during the reign of a Queen. Perhaps they were trying to fool the esteemed representative of the former colony

In the current environment, they’d probably charge admission and a separate administrative fee!

I posted the King's Visitor Book because if someone did it today and asked for the Queen's Visitor Book, that would be in very poor taste. So the proper term today is the King's Visitor's Book.

 

[BrianShaw]

And now this:

Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth With Grandchildren Was Altered, Too​

March 17, 2024 @ 1:54 PM

Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth With Grandchildren Was Altered, Too

The controversy over Kate Middleton's edited photos continues as the Princess of Wales remains reclusive following surgery.

www.thewrap.com

@TJones... would you please post the unaltered version. LOL

 

[pentaxuser]

I’m still marveling at you being able to sign the King’s Viaitor Book during the reign of a Queen. Perhaps they were trying to fool the esteemed representative of the former colony

In the current environment, they’d probably charge admission and a separate administrative fee!

Unless you can prove you are from Surrey or were born within the sound of Bow Bells.


pentaxuser

 

[sojournermike]

And now this:

Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth With Grandchildren Was Altered, Too​

March 17, 2024 @ 1:54 PM

Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth With Grandchildren Was Altered, Too

The controversy over Kate Middleton's edited photos continues as the Princess of Wales remains reclusive following surgery.

www.thewrap.com

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@TJones... would you please post the unaltered version. LOL

“According to Robinson, in the political arena the upshot will be that every spin doctor will try to stop all doctoring of promotional images. “They’ll be accused of fakery even if they just do the most harmless bit of bringing someone closer to Keir Starmer. Authenticity is now the most valuable commodity there is.””

James Robinson of communications experts, Woburn Partners.

Completely misses the point that there is no ‘harmless’ editing that includes moving, deleting, adding or otherwise altering the positional relationships in the projected image. That’s the point of reliance in photography. Step outside of that and you have, at best, photo derived digital illustration, on which there can be no reliance.

But it shows how deep the malaise goes - a communications expert, presumably, aims to communicate as effectively as possible. Therefore, his ‘harmless’ alterations must be intended to strengthen the message. As such they have an effect and are, consequently, not honest and so not harmless.

As an analogy, I don’t really care if someone wants to clone out a coke can from a landscape picture that hangs in their wall at home, but I don’t consider it a photograph thereafter.

As an aside, the quality of editing is a bit clumsy and seems pretty pointless. I am surprised by that.

Mike

 

[Sirius Glass]

And now this:

Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth With Grandchildren Was Altered, Too​

March 17, 2024 @ 1:54 PM

Kate Middleton’s Photo of Queen Elizabeth With Grandchildren Was Altered, Too

The controversy over Kate Middleton's edited photos continues as the Princess of Wales remains reclusive following surgery.

www.thewrap.com

View attachment 365737

@TJones... would you please post the unaltered version. LOL

Why are we not surprised? I am busy counting the fingers on every hand in the photograph.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Why are we not surprised? I am busy counting the fingers on every hand in the photograph.

My uncle had six fingers on one hand, five on the other. You'd never notice unless you counted as all were formed perfectly. It's a fairly common trait. Newborns' fingers and toes are always counted and extras are removed at birth by the obstetrician if there are too many. If he were alive, I'm sure he'd get a real kick at all the AI controversy and poorly executed photos.

 

[sojournermike]

My uncle had six fingers on one hand, five on the other. You'd never notice unless you counted as all were formed perfectly. It's a fairly common trait. Newborns' fingers and toes are always counted and extras are removed at birth by the obstetrician if there are too many. If he were alive, I'm sure he'd get a real kick at all the AI controversy and poorly executed photos.

Why do they remove ‘extra’ fingers? I’m sure there’s a good use for them - say if they became a swimmer or something.

Also, do not try this at home, I’ve read that sometimes very young children who have lost fingers actually regrow them. Removing at birth could just lead to new growth!

Mike

 

[Eric Rose]

Where is the out cry over all the doctored advertising photos? People have even tried to sue Burger King and the rest of the garbage repackagers for false advertising. Unsuccessfully I might add.

Anything the royals are sending out is just "advertising" for their brand. Why should they be held to a higher standard than any other celebrities or fast food chains?

My only concern is that Kate regains her health, as I would for anyone recovering from major surgery.

Eric

 

[Sirius Glass]

Why do they remove ‘extra’ fingers? I’m sure there’s a good use for them - say if they became a swimmer or something.

Also, do not try this at home, I’ve read that sometimes very young children who have lost fingers actually regrow them. Removing at birth could just lead to new growth!

Mike

I am not so sure about regrowing fingers. The last time I checked we are not genetically related to octopi.

 

[Dustin McAmera]

not genetically related to octopi

Speak for yourself, no-tentacles.

 

[sojournermike]

I am not so sure about regrowing fingers. The last time I checked we are not genetically related to octopi.

As I said, ‘do not try this at home’

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Why do they remove ‘extra’ fingers? I’m sure there’s a good use for them - say if they became a swimmer or something.

Also, do not try this at home, I’ve read that sometimes very young children who have lost fingers actually regrow them. Removing at birth could just lead to new growth!

Mike

It's hard to find six-fingered gloves.

 

[pentaxuser]

Good news, folks. Kate has been videoed by an ordinary member of the public at what we call a farmer's market in the U.K. She was walking round, looking quite healthy

I suppose that a definite ending like that has killed this thread in that it has eliminated the raison d'etre for it entirely. I have noticed how we all seem to reach an endpoint very quickly on Photrio

pentaxuser

 

[koraks]

Too bad, Kate-gate rhymed so nicely.

 

[Don_ih]

Kate has been videoed by an ordinary member of the public

See this Wikipedia page.

 

[pentaxuser]

See this Wikipedia page.

Thanks By the way who are you really, assuming you even exist?

pentaxuser

 

[sojournermike]

The second paragraph lists the uses of deepfake technology that have attracted attention and they are all very problematic.

That is telling in itself

 

[Don_ih]

By the way who are you really, assuming you even exist?

Reflexive material persistence through time.

 

[MattKing]

If pentaxuser doesn't exist, who do we blame for creating/deep faking him/her/them, and why don't they use shorter sentences?

 

[Don_ih]

who do we blame for creating/deep faking him/her/them