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Is this top rated NS photo 'shopped?

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black
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I love this photo but now I'm starting to suspect they just selected the background and put some gaussian blur on that shit
look at the slope below the rail, and then the background. The DOF just seems a bit weird

what does NS think?

https://www.newschoolers.com/memberphoto/564614.0/Laax-sunset?s=191517&o=8
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and to anyone who says who cares, sorry, I'm just curious
Jan 21 2013 7:31PM
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[~_~]
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Digital photography requires photoshopping in order to even be usable. It being photoshopped means nothing.
Jan 21 2013 7:32PM
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gravel
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this is one of my computer backgrounds, and i never really considered that, but upon closer inspection, i do believe that you are right.
Jan 21 2013 7:32PM
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edai
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Haha wasn't really too hard to tell. Look at the angle of the lip to the rail and then at the background and then at the slope below the rail like you pointed out. Muy contrast.
Jan 21 2013 7:43PM
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TWoods
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It's either a background that was placed in there to make it cooler, or it's a really bad DOF blur effect.
Jan 21 2013 8:15PM
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DrZoidberg
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It looks like he tried to fake dof, but he just selected everything above that slope at the bottom and the mountains above the foreground on the bottom right of the photo. I can't see the full size for some reason.
Jan 21 2013 8:55PM
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troupe
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I am also curious:

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Jan 21 2013 11:26PM
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Sklar
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Definitely real...
Jan 21 2013 11:39PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I think the backgrounds real and completely in focus in the original pic, and like OP said, some bad blur effect was added over everything
Jan 22 2013 8:39PM
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De-Clan
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def photoshoped no doubt about it

still looks dope

Jan 22 2013 9:23PM
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fitzcarraldo
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what a joker, I can't believe anyone would do that.

pls rate my fronty i did this morning xoxox

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Jan 23 2013 10:33AM
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zahava
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Jan 24 2013 11:59AM
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black
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yeah but was the photo "unusable" before the fake blur was added? Why is this this drastic digital change to the photo mean "nothing" when it completely changes the look, in a fake way
Jan 24 2013 8:12PM
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Because the half of the digital photography process is done on a computer. You take raw sensor data and use software to control that data. The idea that digital photography can be some sort of organic process in which software doesn't play a monumental role is asinine; if photoshop makes it fake, than digital photography as a whole isn't "real" photography, which I'm sure you'll disagree with.
Jan 24 2013 8:27PM
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B.Aussie
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Why would you even think that's shopped?
Jan 26 2013 7:32AM
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MaxBerkowitz
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um well the jacket colour obviously is over saturated....
Jan 26 2013 12:04PM
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