Melania Trump accused of making an obvious Photoshop error in this Christmas photo
The thing about the lamps is another story.
The first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, published on December 18 on Twitter what was intended to be an endearing photo of her with her husband, Donald Trump, to wish everyone a Christmas wish.
In the image, the couple appears in the middle of a staircase looking at the camera and smiling (or something similar). They go gala, everything is adorned. It seems like the perfect print. But not.
The snapshot generated many comments at first because some found the red lamps that appear on both sides horrible.
Merry Christmas from President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. @realDonaldTrump & @FLOTUS are seen December 10, in their official 2020 Christmas portrait,on the Grand staircase of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks) pic.twitter.com/PA63RYGSKE
— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) December 18, 2020
But now the criticism has focused on various apparent Photoshop errors in the photo. The Twitter "detectives" assure first of all that there is no contact between Trump's arm and Melania's jacket. Where is VAR when you need it?
And more: Some claim that Trump has been cut from a very similar image that he has with Prince Charles in 2019.
What a lovely photo (shop). Was Donald lifted out of a photo from this same meeting? pic.twitter.com/kvzgSMtxe7
— Frank Verderosa (@FrankVerderosa) December 19, 2020
Others claim that the shadow cast by the couple on the wall behind them is unrealistic. “The weirdest cut and paste job ever. They both look like two-dimensional cutouts, superimposed on a screen. Trump's face is from an earlier photo. Strange until the end”, affirms a user.
2/2 Very Bad PhotoShop
— C.Boucher (@Boucher30032337) December 18, 2020
the shadows on the wall when they are 4 m from the wall!
the trimming of the hair !!! pic.twitter.com/WYcbP29g6q
InStyle magazine points out that it would make sense that the Trumps have falsified the congratulations because Melania herself has admitted on occasion that she is not very fond of things that have to do with Christmas.
In any case, the newspaper The Independent ensures that everything seems to be fabrications of users on the Internet. For example: he says that there are some small differences between the photo of Trump with Prince Charles and this one, such as that in that one you can see the cuffs of his shirt and in the one that Melania has published you do not. And it does not rule out that even the tuxedo is another.
Also, remember that Trump has been adopting the same position for years. On the other hand, the television editor and post-production supervisor Dylan Reeve has explained to the Daily Dot that the image may seem strange to some because it has been “heavily retouched”.
And he assures that there are some elements that are difficult to achieve with Photoshop: "The reflection of the ground is also consistent."
