Welcome to Top 10 Archive!
Ah, the wonders of technology.
Thanks to programs like Photoshop, it’s almost impossible to believe anything incredible
you come across online these days.
The ability to cut, paste, blend has given us some of the most ridiculous material to
gawk over… but we’re not focusing on the best of Photoshop.
Instead, we’ve compiled ten images that are so unbelievable, you wouldn’t believe
they’re not a product of digital tampering. 10.
A Crowd Divided There is a lot going on in this photograph
that could easily have one crying foul, but alas, everything you see is as it was the
moment the shutter snapped.
One half of the audience is filled with North Korea’s decorated soldiers, the other half
reserved for Kim IL Sung’s devoted followers.
The picture was snapped in 2012 on Kim IL Sung’s 100th birthday, and if not for the
lines of color from some of the audience’s colorful female members, it would be a dreary
mix of olive garb and navy blue suits.
9.
Charlotte’s Light Pillars This clever photograph has clearly been tampered
with to look like a perfectly timed snapshot of the rapture… is what you would probably
think had we not spilled the beans that all of these photos are real!
That’s right, this picture, taken in Charlotte, Michigan by self-proclaimed Nocturnal Photographer
Vincent Brady, depicts a real phenomenon – and it has nothing to do with the end of the world.
The supposed beams of light are actually patches of freezing cold air that turns fog into crystals
known as “diamond dust.”
Light is reflected off of these floating crystals, making it look like creepy lights from above.
8.
Cartoon on the Horizon Strolling through the hills of New Zealand
you may expect to see a hobbit or two, but definitely not a large cartoonish piece of
paper.
While you may want to rush to call “BS” on this image, what you’re actually looking
at is the product of Neil Dawson.
Dawson is known for his surreal sculptures, and this over-sized piece of paper is just
another of his works.
The metal structure creates a three-dimensional look from afar, but as you get closer, you’ll
realize it’s little more than some metal rods and mesh, which creates the bit of color,
or shading, on the upper left and lower right sides.
An honorable mention goes out to Dawson’s other well-known sculpture, “Ripples."
7.
Real World Art Clearly somebody took a picture on this train
and then painted the old man in after, right?
Well, if that’s the case, then what are the two people flanking the old man looking
so intently at?
In actuality, they see him just as we do and this picture has not been altered to achieve
this effect.
Instead, artist Alexa Meade applied acrylic paints directly to the subject of the photo,
covering him head to toe to look like a living portrait.
Meade is known in Washington, DC for her painting on 3D objects, and this is just one example
of how impressive her work really is.
6.
The Painted Trees There’s almost no denying that this picture
is photoshopped, right?
How often in nature do we see perfection like this, especially when it comes to color lines?
Well, it may not be frequent, but it does happen; and this picture, taken in Western
Hungary after a 2010 toxic waste spill, is the best depiction of it.
The reddish tint in the lower half of the photo is the after effect toxic sludge from
an aluminum factory that killed nine and nearly destroyed a village of thousands.
Though the villagers have all returned home, they have this picture as a reminder of that
tragic event.
5.
Air Traffic How clever of the editor of this photo to
make it look like the Lufthansa airlines plane is in the middle of landing on the highway…
but, wait.
Could this picture really be just a trick of the eyes and not the product of some crafty
tampering?
Take a close second look and you’ll notice that the craft is actually on the bridge in
the background.
Also, if you’ve been brushing up on your knowledge of German airports, you’ll probably
know about the Leipzig / Halle Airport, where the highway cuts underneath the runway.
That’s right, this picture is 100% real and not a photoshopped trick.
4.
Black and White Clause Colorizing one selection of a photo is a pretty
simple Photoshop trick that most beginners learn, so it’s obvious that the Mrs. Clause
in this picture was given the ‘ole grayscale treatment to stand out.
Except, that’s not the case at all as this cheeky Clause was done up in grayscale make-up
and thrown in a black and white version of the iconic holiday costume.
Other fine examples of this technique are out there, such as the unedited photograph
of RuPaul’s Drag Race star Detox posing in complete grayscale alongside Candis Cayne,
but the mass of color and obvious artistic look of this one simply makes it look incredibly
edited.
3.
Hole in One It may look like Eli Roth has set himself
up in a great publicity stunt for one of his finer films, being photographed with a gent
that was later Photoshopped to look like he can shove his finger up his nasal cavity through
his eye socket.
Meet Billy Owens, a man who actually can stick his finger through a hole in his nasal cavity
and out his right eye socket.
That’s right, this is no trick of digital tampering, this is a real photo of Billy,
who suffered from sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, a form of cancer with a 10% survival
rate.
Billy pulled through, granted with a few things missing, but continues to use his state to
tell his miraculous story.
2.
Andy Pavlov’s World of Ants When the world around you starts to feel too
big, you may want to turn to Andy Pavlov’s World of Ants!
This Russian photographer took insect photography to a new level when he started to introduce
these 100% real shots.
Even more incredible than the clarity of these snaps is that the ants in these pictures are
actually alive and are interacting with a sort of obstacle course that Pavlov set up
for them.
Having studied the nature of ants, Pavlov set up props along their trail and snapped
pictures of the live specimen interacting with them.
The product?
Some truly surreal photos that are initially impossible to believe as real and unaltered.
1.
Kitty Copter Ah, the internet.
If people aren’t arguing over whether "Damn, Daniel" is funny or not, they’re spending
their time altering pictures of cats.
This gem, which depicts a cat transformed into a helicopter, isn’t actually one of
those modified photos.
You heard us right.
This is a real cat hooked up to propellers, an engine, and landing gear.
A dead cat, mind you, but still a real cat!
In 2012, Dutch artist, Bart Jansen, took the corpse of a cat hit by a car and installed
the remote control equipment needed for this kitty
to fly… all in the name of art.