His response to my comment on his page was:Any response from the faker?
Yep....looks fake to me!Here is the link to the video file. Please note that this link will only be available till tomorrow night.
Dropbox - Drone vs Volcano.mov
Use VLC to slow down the video to have a better look.Yep....looks fake to me!
Hmm. Yes, the video footage does look authentic I have to admit, but this still leaves the possibility that the drone was his and he set the shot up.I just got sent the link to the Dropbox file for the video of the drone. I have to say it is very compelling what I have seen so far. If this footage is edited, it's pretty good. I believe it is genuine, but the question still remains, is the drone his? I feel it still may be as someone would have reported the drone operator to some news agency somewhere to verify it. I do understand that rare photos do happen, but this still has an odd odor to it. I will post a link to my Dropbox when I get the complete file loaded for others to view. I am still waiting on the original image to look at the meta data.
Here is the link to the video file. Please note that this link will only be available till tomorrow night.
Dropbox - Drone vs Volcano.mov
Why would there be shadows as it moves, the drone is a long way from the lava hose. And the debris is also a long way away.It's definitely fake... if you watch the drone, there are no shadows when it moves, also, the dust and fallout would cover it... two films superimposed on one another. Badly done too.. lol
The lighting would not change with the drone being closer to the camera than the lava hose.Did you also notice the lighting never changes and there is not even a hint of altitude change.
I just showed the video to wife and she said "Fake as all get out".
The lighting would not change with the drone being closer to the camera than the lava hose.
A sure fire way is to run it through color filters to see what is going on. I ran the video with VLC as slow as I could and saw the same thing, but the steam clouds are being driven with the wind as well. I'm going to study it more tomorrow night. The photographer is being pretty accommodating by giving me access to the file. Usually if someone has something to hide, there is no way they are going to give me what I am asking for, knowing I am looking to see if it is modified or not. I still don't have the original still as yet, but working on that. Remember, I am not defending him, just wanting to validate or disprove.True Murray,
Except for one aspect... it appears some of the debris plumbs actually engulf the drone, or the image of the drone. The video seems like it fizzles at those points. If the craft was out of harms way, we should see the plumbs behind the drone but never overwhelming the image.
To me, that is the giveaway if there is a tell. That's what my photographic background is telling me, anyway.
Jeff
If I'd have doctored footage to put something into a bad light and someone asked for the file that was clearly looking to see if the footage had been tampered with, I'd try my best not to give access. As I've said before, having seen the footage I'm of the opinion (now) that it is genuine. That is not to say that the circumstances surrounding it is genuine: the fact that the photographer also happens to own a drone similar to the one in the video (and picture) and that the photographer, when asked by the media, said words to the effect that drones are bad is in my mind telling....<snip>... The photographer is being pretty accommodating by giving me access to the file. Usually if someone has something to hide, there is no way they are going to give me what I am asking for, knowing I am looking to see if it is modified or not. I still don't have the original still as yet, but working on that. Remember, I am not defending him, just wanting to validate or disprove.
No shadow of the drone on the lava as the drone was not that close to it. The drone was closer to the camera. If the drone was close enough to cast a shadow, the drone would be toast from the heat....batteries drained, thermals causing it to wobble and or lose lift. Still no credible evidence to disprove the video. I have been looking at it frame by frame for the past couple of hours. And the is no evidence of smudging the photo, as I have not posted the file yet, so you are looking at a smaller version of the original. I have done everything I can to try and disprove the footage, but there just is no way to do it. As they said in the X-Files.....I want to believe.The following is a blown up and cropped area of the drone and the lava hose. To the right of the drone on the lava hose it is evident that the area has been "Smudged" to remove detail. Also notice the shadows of the debris flying up and the shadows cast by it and there is no shadow of the drone. It still is a fake.
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