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Vegetarian Chicken

VEGETARIAN chicken. they’ll be pleased…

Spotter

Posted: 29th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (41)


Flooded London 2090

LONDON is underwater. We’re all gonna die – or move to Surrey…. Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

More doom here

Posted: 28th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comment (1)


Meteorite Hits Dusseldorf Busstop

IN Düsseldorf a meteorite has fallen on a bus stop. No-one was hurt..

Posted: 28th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)


Where’s The Fire?

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WHERE’S the fire?

Posted: 26th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


Apple Crash Report Update

apple-crash-report.jpgTHAT Apple Crash Report…

Spotter – GB

Posted: 25th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comment


Those Newspaper Predictions In Full

hitler_tamed.jpgNEWSPAPERS love making predictions, almost as much as they love talking about the Nazis…

SPOTTER: Jay-L

Posted: 24th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comment (1)


Wimbledon At Euro 2008

tennis-wimbledon.gifIT’S 2008… It’s Wimbledon… Get ready sports fanzzz….

Picture: Monkeon 

Posted: 23rd, June 2008 | In: Back pages, Photojournalism | Comments (9)


That Zimbabwe Discussion In Full

inflation-zimbabwe.pngOLD Mr Anorak has just returned from his estate in Zimbawe. Dinner for two, plus no tip:

Posted: 22nd, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comments (10)


The Ukranian Coffin Restaurant

IN the Ukrain you can eat in a restaurant shaped like a coffin:

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Via

Posted: 21st, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment


Respect The Irish No Vote

irish-no-vote.jpgRESPECT due (no giggling in the German seats)…

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Posted: 20th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Politicians | Comments (3)


Going Down On A US Marine

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Spotter: Ed

Posted: 18th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)


Stevenage Borough New Kit

THE new Stevenage Borough kit – sack the marketing department:

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Via here and here 

Posted: 17th, June 2008 | In: Back pages, Photojournalism | Comments (10)


Tupac Shakur Opens Restaurant

tupac-shakur-restaurant.jpgTUPAC Shakur is a rapper. Tupac Shakur is a  rapper.

Tupa Shakur was killed in 1996.

Since then he he’s been busy unveiling a range of clothing, releasing six albums, eight singles and an opening an eatery.

Says Tupac’s manager Robert Bloomenstein: “I simply wish the public could let Mr. Shakur rest in peace. Mr. Shakur has actively denied all accusations about still being alive, and he will continue to do so until the day of his, uh… nevermind.”

Posted: 15th, June 2008 | In: Celebrities, Photojournalism | Comment (1)


The Human Egg (Picture)

Dr. Jacques Donnez at the Catholic University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium, was carrying out a partial hysterectomy on a 45-year-old woman when she ovulated.

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Posted: 14th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)


Big Brother: Imogen’s Zoo PhotoShop Workout

imogen-big-brother-photoshop.jpgBY now you’ll be wondering what happened to Imogen Thomas from Big Brother.

Well, since she left the show she bought some off the peg breasts and posed for a lads mag.  

The pictures went to the airbrushing department and we saw the new Imogen and a shadow of the old Imogen…

Then the sky caved in, darkness descended and Imogen for her teeth whitenened and… 

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Posted: 14th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, TV & Radio | Comments (6)


Tiger Woods Photoshop Shot

TAKE a look at this picture of Tigers Woods and Phil Mickelson playing golf. Look at the caption that featured on page 15  (this huge pdf) of the Washington Post…

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Posted: 13th, June 2008 | In: Back pages, Photojournalism | Comments (4)


Amy Winehouse Caption Contest

amy_w_hair.jpgAMY Winehouse – caption it…

Posted: 12th, June 2008 | In: Celebrities, Photojournalism | Comments (26)


Olympic Torch Update: London’s Burning

olympic-torch.jpgAFTER the Olympic Torch relay through London – who can forget the tableau of Konnie Huq fans being kept at bay by a team of hired Chinese goons? – things quietened down.

Now by way of an apology Chinese authorities have revisited London and with a deep nod to our rich history put the Olympic torch to good use – as these exlsuive CCTV picures prove…

Click the image…

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Posted: 12th, June 2008 | In: Back pages, Photojournalism | Comment (1)


The Anorak Science Team Ask: Will That Be All, Sir?

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ANORAK’s Global Warming Academy and incidental travel goods shoppe is open for business… Will that be all, sir?

Posted: 10th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comments (15)


The Munchy Box Glasgow Supper

IN Glasgow you can buy the Munchy Box – “a layer of Doner Kebab meat on top of a Naan Bread, maybe with some Glasgow Salad (chips) poking out from underneath Onion Rings, Pakora and Chicken Tikka…”

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Source 

Posted: 9th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comments (4)


Good News On Google

GOOGLE news is good news:

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Source 

Posted: 8th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)


The Polish Tabloids Are Coming

polish-tabloids.jpgTHE Sun is in Polish but does Poland need the Sun?

To the pages of Poland’s Express newspaper and its pictures of Poland’s Dutch coach, Leo Beenhakker, clutching the bloodied heads of German footballers Michael Ballack and Joachim Löw.

Katarzyna Kopacz, editor of UK Polish website goniec.com, says: “They’ve taken the journalist who ran our internet portal and they also have three journalists from Polish Express.”

Might the Polski Sun be a belated attempt to compete with Polish organs which show signs of beating the British tablids at their own game?

Posted: 7th, June 2008 | In: Back pages, Photojournalism, Tabloids | Comment


Gordon Brown’s Scots Thrown Out Of London

kings-college-hospital-london.jpgGORDON Brown is in the mire and signs are that his grey-suited tartan army are being expunged from London.

Brown’s British but as this patient form at King’s College Hospital, London, shows, he can’t be Scottish – not in London.

We don’t want his sort here…

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Posted: 5th, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Politicians | Comment (1)


China Today: Red Labial Whisky

ON sale in China…

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Posted: 3rd, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (4)


Digital Forensics: Five Ways To Spot A Fake Photograph

WANT to know how to spot a fake photo – sure, look at every magazine cover.

And:

Lighting
Composite images made of pieces from different photographs can display subtle differences in the lighting conditions under which each person or object was originally photographed. Such discrepancies will often go unnoticed by the naked eye.

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For an image such as the one at the right, my group can estimate the direction of the light source for each person or object (arrows). Our method relies on the simple fact that the amount of light striking a surface depends on the relative orientation of the surface to the light source. A sphere, for example, is lit the most on the side facing the light and the least on the opposite side, with gradations of shading across its surface according to the angle between the surface and the direction to the light at each point.

To infer the light-source direction, you must know the local orientation of the surface. At most places on an object in an image, it is difficult to determine the orientation. The one exception is along a surface contour, where the orientation is perpendicular to the contour (red arrows right). By measuring the brightness and orientation along several points on a contour, our algorithm estimates the light-source direction.

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Posted: 3rd, June 2008 | In: Photojournalism | Comment (1)