Yes, exactly. You created the impression that the Expedition was illegally parked (and even mentioned that you were thinking of sending the pic to the authorities) when it wasn't. That's certainly a type of manipulation. In conjunction with your comments the manipulation becomes an outright lie. While one may argue that everyone crops or frames their photos to provide a certain feeling or point of view or commentary, the original photo seems to have been intentionally created to make a statement that was completely untrue as opposed to an interpretation or POV on a situation.
What I don't understand is why you said: "Two were boring, 'look how illegally these dopes are parked' pictures, which I thought I might save and forward to the town authorities someday. " when the Expedition was not parked illegally. Shel > From: Luigi de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Friday 14 January 2005 12:43, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > This puts your first pic in an entirely different light, so to speak. It > > seems that the SUV is not parked in a space reserved for compacts. The > > compact only space is behind the space in which the SUV is parked. And > > looking at the parking meter that's designated for the space in which the > > SUV is parked, there's no sign indicating for compacts only. It doesn't > > appear that the SUV is illegally parked, but it does appear that you've > > manipulated the first photo to give the impression that the vehicle was > > illegally parked. > > > > "Manipulated?" > > Well, if you count framing the shot the way I did as manipulation, then yeah. > But other than moving myself around on the sidewalk, there isn't any > manipulation in that image. > > The whole scene, without manipulation, is quite boring, but also quite amusing > in its own right: > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Brunellus/Stuff/Compact3.jpg > > Note the Escalade parked in the "compact" spot, followed by an Expedition, > followed by the Suburban--all in quick succession. The closest thing to a > compact on that block was a Ford Crown Victoria (!). That's what made me > take the picture in the first place--I'd noticed this while driving by in my > own largeish vehicle ('91 GMC Safari). > > -Luigi
