Just ranting about fake photos

[FrugalReefer]

Anybody else sick and tired of overly edited photos that people post on social media and then when called out vehemently defend that the photo isn't edited like this pic. I don't claim to have an awesome looking reef tank but when you edit your photos like this, post them on social media and then pretend that this is what the tank looks like in real life, I mean, c'mon now. Anyways, rant over.

 

[Treehrtsme]

What did they do to it?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I can see posting a saturated photo just cuz it's pretty, but yeah, gotta be honest and admit it's not a true representation.

 

[FrugalReefer]

What did they do to it?

Saturate times one million

 

[Treehrtsme]

Honestly looks terrible to me

 

[formallydehyde]

They sharpened this image so much it cut me.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

Sometimes it really looks like that in person though.

 

[Dolphis]

#allthefilters lol

 

[19Mateo83]

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

I’m guessing you’ve never used an internet dating service

 

[jabberwock]

 

[|Frank|]

Sometimes it really looks like that in person though.

Fixed….

 

[Mikedawg]

Had to get the sunglasses out to look at that first pic.....

 

[Stephen8169301]

I just got the new lens so I can make my photos fake check this one

 

[jabberwock]

Part of the prize package from the poetry contest... Thanks Rev!

 

[Slocke]

I think editing has its place. Maybe you’re editing the blue out of a photo to show what your tank really looks like to you:


Maybe you bought yourself a fish called a “dragon” wrasse but it doesn’t really look like a dragon:

 

[FrugalReefer]

I guess what I meant to say was not fake photos but photos that are so overly edited, like the original pic I posted. The photo was clearly saturated . . . A lot, but the author denied it.

 

[Nano_Man]

Magazines have been doing it for years . But if it’s a vendor doing this of there corals it’s wrong. You would only be disappointed when you get your coral and it looks duller and different to the pictures

 

[FrugalReefer]

I think editing has its place. Maybe you’re editing the blue out of a photo to show what your tank really looks like to you:


Maybe you bought yourself a fish called a “dragon” wrasse but it doesn’t really look like a dragon:

Nothing wrong with editing and what not in a sales environment to attract potential buyers. The problem I have is when you edit a photo to such a large degree that the modification is clearly overt to get likes through social media and when you get called out for it by multiple people you outright deny it.