Monday, August 11, 2014

No, Backass. There is no depth problem here. Doorman and Black Hole Man were at the same depth.



They were both standing close to the front edge of the landing, and therefore, at the same depth. How do I know? Because I've been there on a sunny day in late November. The sunlight is streaming into the doorway mightily at 12:30, but it doesn't take much to get out of it. You just have to step back a few inches. You see, the overhang, what you call the proscenium arch, delivers dark shade. It cuts a swath of it from above. But, Black Hole Man is visoring his eyes with both hands. He wouldn't be doing that unless the light was streaming into his eyes. But, that means his face was in front of the shade line that was coming down from above. 

So, why don't we see his face? It's not because of shade. It's because they blackened out his face. He certainly couldn't have created that much shade with his hands. His hands weren't big enough to cast that much shade. And if the building was shading his face, what did he need to be visoring his eyes for? You can't have it both ways.  

So, you see, you're in a Catch 22, Backass. His actions suggest that his face, and definitely his eyes, were in the strong, blinding sunlight. Yet, his entire face is black, which is what you call a contradiction. And the only way to resolve the contradiction is to admit that the photo was altered. 



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