Self-proclaimed “rumor expert” Wesley Hillard writes on AppleInsider:
British comedian and actor Tessa Coates posted on Instagram that a shocking photo was taken while trying on a wedding dress. shared by Petapixel. The photo shows Coates in the dress in front of two mirrors, but each of the three versions of her was in a different pose.
One mirror showed her with her arms lowered, the other mirror reflected her hands clasped around her waist, and the real her was standing with her left arm at her side. For those who aren’t familiar with it, this may prove to be quite a shocking image.
On the contrary, to those “in the know” this image clearly looks fake. But this is a viral sensation.
Coates claims in her Instagram description, “This is a real photo, not a Photoshopped, panoramic, or live photo,” but I have no idea how the photo was taken. I want to say that is lying or wrong. It feels a little offensive to do so considering this post was meant to celebrate her engagement, but I don’t buy it. These are her three completely different arm poses, not her three moments of less than a second. Also, all three of her poses in the image are perfectly clear. iPhone photos cannot produce images like this. If you see motion blur on the arm in the mirror, you’ll be less confident that this is a fake.can get Very strange looking photos taken with iPhone’s panorama mode, But again, Coates says this is not a panoramic mode image. (You could probably generate an image like this: Google Pixel 8’s Best Takes feature, but this is said to be for the iPhone, which does not have such functionality. Also, even if you use Best Take, this is a feature you can manually recall using multiple original images as input.I do not think so Any iPhones and even mobile phone cameras produce a single still image like this. )
in thread on threadseveral commenters here are understandably skeptical.
tyler starman (He hosts a great podcast about photography and videography):
Any iPhone photographer can confirm that this is not an image processing error. It never looks like this.
David Imel (MKBHD writer/researcher):
I really, really don’t believe this is real. HDR on mobile phones takes 5 to 7 frames with an exposure time of a few seconds. The whole process is like 0.05 seconds. Even live photos take less than 2 seconds.
Even if the phone thought they were different people, they wouldn’t stitch like this and they wouldn’t have time.
This is all over the place and it’s driving me crazy.
I challenge anyone who thinks this is legitimate to create such an image using an iPhone with at least one mirror in the scene, let alone two. If I’m wrong, please let me know.
Update 1: Claude Zane will take up my challenge.
Update 2: Post a long storyWhen Coates went to the Apple Store for clarification, he was told by Geniuses’ “Grand Wizard” Roger there that Apple was “beta testing” features like Google’s Best Take. He says he was told that. This is not something Apple does. If Apple does, she will have to intentionally install her iOS beta.
★ Friday, December 1, 2023