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[–] 62 points 2 months ago (3 children)

As others mentioned, it's fake It's also really obvious, for such a shadow to be cast, she'd also have to be clearly lit from that direction, but is lit from above, not below. And also the microphone arm is perfectly straight across her face, even though we're not looking from the same direction as the shadow is cast, so the straight line should be deformed by the shape of her face.

It's funny, and a nice reference to older movies where they did this to mock Hitler, but just be honest that it's photoshopped: ).

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It coulda been timed with another photographer’s flash…but that’s pretty much the only way it would happen. Yes, I know it’s ‘shopped. Just offering the hypothetical.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    For anyone who doesn't know what's happening: shadows blur when farther away from what's casting them because light sources typically emit light over some area rather than a single point. At the edges of the shadow, the light source is only partially obscured; this is continuous which leads to the blurring effect.

    It happens no matter how far away the object casting the shadow is, but it's blurred more the further the object is because it gets smaller relative to the light source as viewed from where the shadow is.

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