BP Photoshops Another Official Image Terribly

The interior of the helicopter is taken with quite a wide-angle lens. The boats and water, however, looks like a very narrow-DOF lens, probably a 50mm prime.

Also, that photo has now vanished from their site.

A MYSTERY!!!

Love how the pilot is crossing his fingers. Hoping for luck on takeoff, or doing crossies because of the deception?

I'm not sure BP even cares about what the public thinks of them. In BP's thinking, the world, and the United States specifically, need oil, and there are only so many companies out there who sell it. And unemployment in the U.S. is nearly 10%, and BP rigs provide jobs, and often well-paying ones at that.

In other words, they think they have the rest of the world by the you-know-whats and can do whatever they want.

It'd be great if TPM didn't allow BlogAds to post BP advertisements. Alas, if we have to swallow the company's strong embrace of "new media" it is appropriate that their ads should appear on posts like this.

Hopefully it won't be long before another courageous Republican congressman or senator stands up for America, and apologizes to BP for these doctored photos.

My God... if you're gonna be sleazy at least hire PROFESSIONALS

Sorry, TPM. That's a legit photo. Probably taken from the deck of the same vessel or rig whose tower is shown on the upper left.

This is but the latest example of endemic system failure.
The failure of every human system, organization and institution based on deceit, greed and ignorance.

Our collective sickness has reached truly epic proportions. These are the dying throes of a desperately confused race. We are literally dismantling the planet and our own societies, and our only response to our own cancerous mentality is to cover it up, brush it under the rug, deny it until the bitter end.

Ah, so BP stands for 'Bad Photoshopping"

To be fair, the pilot *does* have his fingers crossed!

The photo was probably taken while the chopper rested on the deck of the vessel whose tower is shown on the upper left.

The only vessel that could take a picture at that height would be an aircraft carrier or a very large rig. Since there are no rigs in the area, and no carriers in the gulf, there is no way this isn't photoshopped.

Having been on a carrier in the Navy, the positioning of the tower would indicate that the helicopter is on the flight deck facing aft, which is impossible because carriers need headwinds for the aircraft to take off and land. Plus they would have to be close enough to the edge of the ship in order for the flight deck not to be seen.

I am guessing that this was taken off a rig or possibly land and I mentioned above, there are no rigs in the area of 'cleanup central'.

And one last note to all the naysayers, why did BP pull down the pic. The meta-data would prove/disprove the originality of the photo. The date alone would probably be enough info.

Why anyone would stick up for BP is a mystery to me. They lied to us time and time again, they photoshopped other photos, they have killed many from this disaster to the refinery disaster for $$$$$, and now it's come light they were responsible for negotiating the Lockerbie bomber for oil rights in Libya.

Not exactly a company one would defend unless you hate dead Americans, own a lot of BP stock, or work at BP.

Go to the comments section at the following link for some fun spoofing of the first photoshopped command center photo:

http://gizmodo.com/5591777/bps-photoshopped-crisis-command-center-is-terrible-on-every-level

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