Is it just me or is that picture a really bad fake?   

Airliners.net seem to have been carrying quite a few iffy pics of late. They are somewhat loosing their credibility methinks.

Ozzy

Maybe I'm easily fooled but I see no reason to think it's a fake. The 727 is flying down the tarmac runway which you can see quite clearly. If you click the More link there are plenty of photos by the same author taken at the same event. He looks genuine enough to me.

I agree with Pirate, but never mind WOULD if he really was that low he SHOULD have his gear down.

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That's how it got there...

That picture isnt a fake. Like doug pointed out its an air display which the photographer points out in various pictures of this display.
And the sun is clearly coming from the right side of the picture as you can see from the slight over exposure of the left side of the 727 and the two GA's shadows. Its also a high enough sun to light the other side of the 727 which again is backed up by how little the shadows extend from the GA's

That picture is not a fake!!!!! ALL pics on A.net are 100%REAL genuine photos!

BTW, it is very neat!



-Frontier

Well now for some reason the original link isn't working, but from what I can recall, is it not possible that the photo Kevin posted is the original (e.g. real) photo, then the plane was photoshopped into another shot, thus making the original topic shot a fake?

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It's real enough. That shot Kevin posted is taken from a different angle & possibly by a different person. You lot are so used to faking stuff yourselves you can no longer recognise the real thing when you see it. LOL

This is real, its an air show as pointed before, the plane is not landing, I’ve seen this before (not exactly this one) with my own eyes.

...And besides it's made by swedish people, and we are 100% genuine (), the owner is really a nice chap and would never accept 'fraud' pictures, you have no clue how many pics that are rejected.

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I suggest that this is debatable. Some fakes are so good they would pass all but the most careful scrutiny.

However, before accusing anyone of faking photos, ask yourself why any photographer worth the name would risk their reputation by submitting a fake.

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Also that's why the site is the best out there IMO...many pics are rejected but I'm not really fond of browsing thru blurry amateur photos with poor lighting and so on.

My 2 centinos

LOL its not so much the blurred photos i have a problem with, yes they should be rejected. Its when they are rejected for being slightly off center or a tree in the background is off center.  I personally am liking myaviation.net, it brings some really interesting photos to the public you wouldnt usually see due to their poor quality. Theres only so many times i can bare to look at a 777 on final approach to heathrow from the exact same angle. Or heaven forbid a DC10 from the back at schipol, they have a bad double reject, then why are there 70 photos of united 777's approaching heathrow same color same angle.

A.net is known for their high quality shots.  To sacrifice that just to make everyone able to submit pics would basically turn their servers into a file storage facility in under 20 seconds. 

If you want to post pics of lesser quality, there are countless places to do so.  But A.net has set a standard.  Practice and achieve that standard and you'll soon be seen by everyone who frequents the site.

As always, don't lower the bar, jump higher.

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I think this is a fairly recent phenomenon. Digital editing is common now & almost anyone can do it with the right software a certain amount of practice. In the old days of conventional photography they said the camera never lied although it could & very often did. Now, if someone posts a photo of anything unusual everybody immediately shouts out "It's a fake" even if it isn't. That's my theory & I'm sticking to it.