Where images of a Harrison Walls rally altered to show
a crowd that wasn't actually there.
A recent Facebook post claims an August 7th rally for
Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz featured
a fake photo when really there is no one there.
The image shows the two candidates exiting Air Force 2IN
front of a large crowd of supporters in Michigan.
The post claims the inability to see the crowd reflected
in the engines proves there is no crowd.
A similar post was shared by former President Donald Trump,
who claimed that Harris used AI to create the crowd.
But the crowd is real.
Footage of the campaign event from multiple outlets capturing different
angles shows thousands of people in attendance.
Photo experts said that while some of the images of
the Harris event appear to have minor edits, such as
adding a blur, they accurately reflect the crowd size.
1 expert also explained why the crowd doesn't prominently appear
in Air Force 2's reflection.
There was significant distance between the plane and the crowd,
though.
The telephoto lens used makes the two appear closer together,
and the curvature of the plane, like side view mirrors
on a car, makes the reflected crowd seem even smaller
than they would at that distance.