1. Photo of Iceberg
I have seen this photo several times circulating on Quora and motivational posts on other social media.
While it may appear authentic at first glance, this photo is actually a Photoshop composite of four other photos. The cloud and underwater portions were taken in Santa Barbara, California. The top of the iceberg was taken in Antarctica, then cropped and reversed. The bottom portion is from Alaska.
This photo editor is named Ralph Clevenger. He's been a professional photographer for over three decades. He's shot for National Geographic, Outside, Audubon, and other magazines. The sales of these photos earned him $900,000 and helped put his children through college.
Ralph Clevenger and his doctored photos.
2. Photos of the Discovery of Giant Human Fossils
Photos of this type of model are usually used as supporting material for conspiracy theories related to the Ad people or the Prophet Adam who "said" was meters tall.
Unfortunately, all of these photos are photoshopped. One of the photos, after further investigation, turned out to be an edited image from the cover of a book titled * The Return of the Giants: After Noah's Flood*.
The left is a photo that has been enlarged and embellished by excavators. The right is the original.
3.
Steven Seagal's Photobomb Behind President Vladimir Putin
This photo, taken by Sasha Mordovets in March 2013, caused quite a stir after it was edited and passed off as real by an irresponsible individual. Furthermore, the faces of Steven Seagal and the man beside him at the time were truly meme-worthy.
However, this photo was proven fake. The real one is the one on the left, which lacks the edited finger as in the photo on the right.
4. NatGeo Photographer Chased by Bear
This photo frequently appears on various websites, as if to demonstrate that wildlife photography is a demanding and dangerous profession. It even poses a risk of being chased by a bear. Even though the bear is actually a photoshop.
The man in the blue shirt on the right is named Tim Spark. He's a filmmaker, and the three people on the side are his crew. The three of them were about to make a film in Salida, Colorado in 2011.
Because the filming location was a wilderness, Tim
Spark thought it would be hilarious to take a photo of them running away from a bear and upload it to social media. Tim Spark and his friends acted as if they were being chased, making their expressions as dramatic as possible to achieve the best result.
The photo was then edited with Photoshop and added with an image of a bear from the internet.
Another version of the photo of Tim et al is like this.
Still no bear. If you look closely, the crew member on the far left is smiling.
The left is a photo edit. The right is the original, with no bear there.