[PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

A ghost trolley pole Mr.Andrews!
Considering the times I feel it is double exposure or reflection on
the glass if the photo was taken through the back window of an
auto.  I doubt it is intentional manipulation.  Since the area between
the 2-trolleypoles is claimed to be adjusted, why is the ghost
trolleypole still there?  Reflection or double exposure.  The ghost
pole and rope angle is a 'mirror' image of the back pole.



Phil





>________________________________
> From: Howard Andrews <hwandrews at wowway.com>
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:02 PM
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
> 
>I'll add my 2 cents here...  
>I enlarged the number area and this appears to be car 4333.  Don't know if
>that helps narrow things down or not, but at least it does identify the car.
>
>Enlarging the sky area and bumping up the contrast shows strong evidence of
>Photoshop retouching.  The horizontal lines is very typical of cloning one
>area to fill and replace something in the original image.  
>
>Not sure if someone was trying to clean up a 'so-so' scan or something else.
>
>Howard
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Phillip
>Clark Campbell
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:22 PM
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
>
>Mr.Brannon!  You definitely have "something" with the extra hanger; it is in
>a different-higher plane than the running wires with 'span wire'
>that disappears at the left running wire.  Also note how the two outside
>wires 'appear' further apart at the next span; they should appear closer
>shouldn't they.
>The truck appears fine to me but it can be the monitor, my eyes, a
>combination of these can't it.
>
>I am not convinced of a burn-in or feathering for hilites.  That over "Mon
>City" looks chopped and ragged.  It still gives a 'hint' of a picture
>through the back window of an auto.
>
>To consider other possibilities, double exposures were a problem if the film
>wasn't wound or the photographer forgets not winding.
>
>The asphalt paving at this time and the surrounding construction suggests
>something recent where a temporary shoofly might be built on top of the
>roadway on our left for bi-directional travel.
>Another trolley wire(s) could be strung for temporary use.
>
>Probably not photoshopped but could be dark room magic of the day to
>accomplish something similar just for fun.  It is a charter so why not go
>further and create something unusual.
>
>Shall we ever know for certain?
>
>Phil
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
>>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:52 PM
>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: wrong side of the river?
>> 
>>As long as I keep seeing rear-truck wheels which do not match up to the
>running-rails in the street and as long as I keep seeing a "third" trolley
>wire hangar in between the two outside trolley wires it is pretty obvious
>that this is a made-up job.
>>
> http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/sky%20area.jpg
>
> http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/Car%20Number.jpg
>