Photochopped advert...!?!?

[forzaminardi]

Are my eyes broken, or do the photos of the car in this this advert...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

...look like they've been cut n pasted onto a 'posh' background?

[t400ble]

Yes they have

[Mafioso]

Did you have to ask? The first three are the same background image!

[Digitalize]

As an Automotive Photographer, thank you. I needed a good laugh.

How fking big is the car!

[VolvoT5]

So bad it is funny.

Dodgy dealer of certain ethnicity no doubt.

[dfen5]

Haha, love it. Couldn't be bothered with doing the reflection in the mirrors but that's the least heinous of their photo-shopping crimes.

[dfen5]

VolvoT5 said:

So bad it is funny.

Dodgy dealer of certain ethnicity no doubt.

Coat zipped up and pulled over face: confidence inspiring..

[Wilmslowboy]

There are a number of photo services traders use to project their cars onto std "group" backgrounds.

Unfortunately in this case the trader must have chosen to use the cheapest provider or perhaps decided to give one of his car sales bods who is handy with Photoshop a go ....

Edited by Wilmslowboy on Friday 27th February 22:36

[twocolours]

You can see cars in the wing mirror, but none parked anywhere nearby...ooops!

[matt0677]

Mafioso said:

Did you have to ask? The first three are the same background image!

I think it's the same background in every picture, even the interior shots!! I wouldn't even enquire, the seller is clearly hiding something.

[CoolHands]

all their cars are like that. Truly awful

http://www.premier-carcentrechorley.co.uk/used-car...

I think the mg midget is the most realistic...

[AlexRS2782]

They could have at least made an effort to get the scaling correct. This one is hilarious

[budfox]

Shadows look pretty reasonable though.

[CoolHands]

AlexRS2782 said:

They could have at least made an effort to get the scaling correct.

Don't see the problem?

[ging84]

the odd thing is, you can see a lot of trees and stuff in the reflections on a lot of the angle, it looks to me like the photos had actually been taken in fairly similar location to the fake background, just with a few more cars there. It's not like they are taken in a pokey hell hole of an industrial estate

[IanMorewood]

Real location isn't so glam

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[rehab71]

[Digitalize]

Not glam but certainly not bad enough for them to do this.

Realistically each image takes 5 mins to do if experienced. They're tidy so I imagine the person has a somewhat decent grasp.

I can't see how paying someone that time is good value.

I'd rather see them on that car lot than like this.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

CoolHands said:

AlexRS2782 said:

They could have at least made an effort to get the scaling correct.

Don't see the problem?

Remember that video of the paper t-Rex that was an optical illusion with it's moving head and everything?

[Troubleatmill]

The small giveaway is that shadow (highlighted )
Or the big fat ass rear end that is completely out of perspective.

But you have to ask - if the vendor is that cash tight as not to take a few photos of the car in a proper background - how stty is the car going to be?