Love and hockey

[PennLady]

So I came across this picture today. And if you go here, you can see what random people think about it.

The first ink is to a photoblog at MSNBC.msn.com. The second link is to Hollywood-Elsewhere.com, a movie blog site I enjoy.

 

[3113]

I was kinda expecting something more like this:

http://www.xtra.ca/BinaryContent/stories/60/69/6069/web/Cover-631.jpg.jpg

"On the ice, they were deadly rivals, X always trying to get past Y's tight guard, Y always wary of X's power with a hockey stick which kept sending lightening fast shots his way...but off the ice it was X who left his goal unguarded whenever Y came skating around....

Or this...

http://img.bleskovky.sk/big/64909.jpg/sexihokej-sexyhokej-olivia-mhc-martin.jpg

Or this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KE-1BxjdxA8/SUPlTKfLMAI/AAAAAAAAAa4/ML323vu_W9E/s400/hockey+butt.jpg

I mean, if there ain't any hockey equipment involved it really can't be love and hockey, can it?

 

[stephen55]

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/june2011/streetkiss.jpg

I think this says something about the Vancouver police.

They were busy pushing rioters and hooligans off the streets and they left these two alone. But then, it was easy to see that these two weren't burning up cars...just each other.

 

[PennLady]

I mean, if there ain't any hockey equipment involved it really can't be love and hockey, can it?

Great pics, btw.

Well it was during a riot after a hockey game in the home team's home town. Looks like she's wearing a hockey jersey. That's enough hockey for me.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

It's amazing what people will do to get on TV!

 

[estragon]

SA Penn Lady, so write the story already! You have the perfect plot bunny

 

[3113]

Well it was during a riot after a hockey game in the home team's home town. Looks like she's wearing a hockey jersey.

But that really makes it Love and Riot, doesn't it? Because the results would have been the same if the riot was over the win of a basketball team or getting concert tickets. It was the atmosphere of riot that ignited the passion, not the hockey game itself.

 

[lovecraft68]

I am sure it is the cynic in me but two words here.

Yeah right.

This is a pic of two lovers that was most likely taken in a park (that pose screams picnic or college campus) and shopped into this.

 

[PennLady]

But that really makes it Love and Riot, doesn't it? Because the results would have been the same if the riot was over the win of a basketball team or getting concert tickets. It was the atmosphere of riot that ignited the passion, not the hockey game itself.

Well that depends. Someone I know thinks she's wearing a Bruins' jersey and since they won, perhaps one or both of them were overcome by the victory.

 

[PennLady]

SA Penn Lady, so write the story already! You have the perfect plot bunny

LOL Yes but I have to many others in progress.

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

I am sure it is the cynic in me but two words here.

Yeah right.

This is a pic of two lovers that was most likely taken in a park (that pose screams picnic or college campus) and shopped into this.

The photographer's been interviewed multiple times, and after reading his description of the scene, I kind of doubt it was staged.

However, there's another image floating around that was taken from the roof of a parking garage. A small crowd is gathered around them in that shot. Either it isn't as romantic as we think (not that there's anything wrong with that, mind), or, as the photographer thought when he snapped the photo (and as at least one person supposedly there has posted on FB), the woman had a head injury and the man was helping her.

 

[Pure]

The alliance of Australia and Canada is strong. The couple had the right idea.

More info on the couple in the story below. She had been knocked down.

(As to the background, who'd have thought there were so many hoolingans in this most beautiful city.)



http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/06/17/scott-jones-and-alex-thom_n_878910.html

 

[mynameisben]

All photographs are faked. Even the one of Abraham Lincoln getting a blow job from Sarah Palin on the White House lawn.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/june2011/streetkiss.jpg

I think this says something about the Vancouver police.

They were busy pushing rioters and hooligans off the streets and they left these two alone. But then, it was easy to see that these two weren't burning up cars...just each other.

I would say...Photoshop...yep a manipulated photo.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I would say...Photoshop...yep a manipulated photo.

You are incorrect. The story of the photo and what was really going on is all over the news. She was hurt and he was comforting her, that's all.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You are incorrect. The story of the photo and what was really going on is all over the news. She was hurt and he was comforting her, that's all.

Uh huh, comforting her? Is that what they call it now?

 

[PennLady]

Uh huh, comforting her? Is that what they call it now?

If you follow the links above, you'll see that they're serious. And that's one of the things with pictures -- you get the moment but no context.

 

[TE999]

She has a nice ass.

 

[mynameisben]

She has a nice ass.

That's why she's being comforted.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You know I downloaded that picture and it has been manipulated ... maybe it was done in post production but the cop in front, he was softened, blured, something. The anti-aliasing on him is completely different than on the couple on the ground. As are the line of cops in the background.

If you have photoshop or paintshop pro, magnify the pic and you'll see the difference in the pixels. Then directly left of the couple there is a dark patch that in inconsistent with the rest of the photo at that horizontal position.

I still say it's a fake, no matter what newspapers report...they have been duped before.

 

[stephen55]

While it certainly appears to be one of those "too good to be true" photos, it is a true photo. It was taken by a professional photographer, Rich Lam, who works for Getty Images.

There are actually a series of them that he shot of the scene.
http://www.gettyimages.ca/Search/Se...e=image&p=Couple+Kisses+During+Vancouver+Riot

As for the officer in the foreground being blurred, the photographer was likely close to the officer and was focusing on the two in the street. Because of depth of field, the officer would be blurred, as would be the line of officers in the background.

Other photos of the couple were taken by many with cell phone cameras. The scene was not staged.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Didn't say it was staged, it just doesn't feel right. I know all about depth of field but if you look at the photo...

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xr/116621442.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57DD1F912AC7C7E8E4E1599CDCF3D70A7AA1787085A46C7D4F190F55034CEB503EE

Everything in the background appears in sharp focus. Now...

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xr/116621449.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57D7F56393B04DF328D1599CDCF3D70A7AAF1993521E2616B7790F55034CEB503EE

it doesn't.

 

[PennLady]

Didn't say it was staged, it just doesn't feel right. I know all about depth of field but if you look at the photo...

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xr/116621442.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57DD1F912AC7C7E8E4E1599CDCF3D70A7AA1787085A46C7D4F190F55034CEB503EE

Everything in the background appears in sharp focus. Now...

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xr/116621449.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57D7F56393B04DF328D1599CDCF3D70A7AAF1993521E2616B7790F55034CEB503EE

it doesn't.

Well I don't know much about that stuff, but I imagine the photographer could have taken some in quick succession with different focus.

However this: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/17/vancouver-kissing-couple.html maybe the final word.

 

[stephen55]

Didn't say it was staged, it just doesn't feel right. I know all about depth of field but if you look at the photo...

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xr/116621442.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57DD1F912AC7C7E8E4E1599CDCF3D70A7AA1787085A46C7D4F190F55034CEB503EE

Everything in the background appears in sharp focus. Now...

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xr/116621449.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57D7F56393B04DF328D1599CDCF3D70A7AAF1993521E2616B7790F55034CEB503EE

it doesn't.

First image; camera focused on background as there is no one in mid-ground. The near (foreground) officer is extremely blurred by depth of focus.

Second image, focused on mid-ground (the two people on the ground); Now background is slightly blurred and near officer is slightly less blurred.

The differing effects of focus are all due to focal point and depth of field.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/depth-of-field.htm

 

[rgraham666]

The photographer's been interviewed multiple times, and after reading his description of the scene, I kind of doubt it was staged.

However, there's another image floating around that was taken from the roof of a parking garage. A small crowd is gathered around them in that shot. Either it isn't as romantic as we think (not that there's anything wrong with that, mind), or, as the photographer thought when he snapped the photo (and as at least one person supposedly there has posted on FB), the woman had a head injury and the man was helping her.

Here's one of those interviews with the photographer. Doesn't sound like it was staged.