[Official] - Milford signs with Broncos

[broncos4life]

I think you're looking into it far too much, the jersey's they're wearing are completely irrelevant, Ricky wasn't even at the Raiders in 2013, so to say that photo of him is old is pretty silly.

Not to mention the photo was posted by the Canberra Raiders organisation..

Ok I'm silly....

Hmmm we are still in 2013 and Ricky is there now. And you think it is an amazing coincidence that there are two different whiteboards behind them?

I'm not saying the photos weren't taken today, I'm just saying they are photoshopped, it's a fact, I'm not saying that means anything I'm just saying its sloppy.

Is this the same raiders organisation that put out a press release without made up information that the person involved immediately disputed? Yeah their professionalism is above reproach

 

[Aldo]

Caption this?

Anthony Milford: What's that smell?
Ricky Stuart: It's the smell of success son!

 

[Unbreakable]

Ok I'm silly....

Hmmm we are still in 2013 and Ricky is there now. And you think it is an amazing coincidence that there are two different whiteboards behind them?

I'm not saying the photos weren't taken today, I'm just saying they are photoshopped, it's a fact, I'm not saying that means anything I'm just saying its sloppy.

Is this the same raiders organisation that put out a press release without made up information that the person involved immediately disputed? Yeah their professionalism is above reproach

So your evidence for it being photoshopped is the slight dirtiness of the board to the right of Stuart's head, compared to the clean board on the other side.. is it not a possibility that it's just clean on the outside of the board and slightly dirty in the middle (Where most of the writing would be)

I'm not saying it's not photoshopped, I'm just saying that's a rather poor argument :P

 

[Mr Fourex]

Look that's very true to be honest. Milford could be going back to do the 'right' thing. But this could all be part of the plan. Go back, try his best to beat homesickness and hope something changes before round 1

I'm going to resume posting pictures of his parents as postcards to him.

Just kidding

 

[I bleed Maroon]

I would like to formally apologize. It seems my source was wrong on this one. The Smith and K Hunt things are still there but be safe by being skeptical.

 

[Porthoz]

No need to apologise. This is rugby league, where what is true today won't be tomorrow!

 

[Alec]

No need to apologise. This is rugby league, where what is true today won't be tomorrow!

Maranta will gun it pretty much confirmed.

 

[broncos4life]

I'm going to resume posting pictures of his parents as postcards to him.

Just kidding

Haha I love it!

 

[broncos4life]

So your evidence for it being photoshopped is the slight dirtiness of the board to the right of Stuart's head, compared to the clean board on the other side.. is it not a possibility that it's just clean on the outside of the board and slightly dirty in the middle (Where most of the writing would be)

I'm not saying it's not photoshopped, I'm just saying that's a rather poor argument :P

Mate I'm talking about the strip at the bottom of the whiteboards, they are completely different colours, ones faded and the other isn't. It's not possible to believe that the fading started directly after Ricky's head.

But find it's not photoshopped seeing it's such an issue for you. It's completely inconceivable that such a professional organisation like the raiders would photoshop something out of convenience

 

[Unbreakable]

Mate I'm talking about the strip at the bottom of the whiteboards, they are completely different colours, ones faded and the other isn't. It's not possible to believe that the fading started directly after Ricky's head.

But find it's not photoshopped seeing it's such an issue for you. It's completely inconceivable that such a professional organisation like the raiders would photoshop something out of convenience

Just so I know we're talking about the same thing, you're referring to the black spots on the bottom of the whiteboard, right?

To me, that clearly just looks like the bottom portion of writing, that's been lazily wiped off..

Now, I'm no expert on spotting photoshop fakes, but I'm reasonably good, and this doesn't come across as even remotely fake, all the shadows and lighting are equal across the entire image, there's no distortion in any part of the photo, the only thing that isn't perfectly symmetrical is the cleanliness of the whiteboard, given the circumstances, us knowing that Anthony went back to Canberra on the same day that the photo was uploaded.. I think it's a reasonable assumption to say it's completely real.

 

[broncos4life]

Just so I know we're talking about the same thing, you're referring to the black spots on the bottom of the whiteboard, right?

To me, that clearly just looks like the bottom portion of writing, that's been lazily wiped off..

Now, I'm no expert on spotting photoshop fakes, but I'm reasonably good, and this doesn't come across as even remotely fake, all the shadows and lighting are equal across the entire image, there's no distortion in any part of the photo, the only thing that isn't perfectly symmetrical is the cleanliness of the whiteboard, which isn't even remotely close enough to call it a "photoshop".

No I'm talking about the stripping at the bottom. But I seriously just don't care anymore

 

[Unbreakable]

No I'm talking about the stripping at the bottom. But I seriously just don't care anymore

The part to the left of Ricky's head looks so "Bright" and "Clean" because of the camera flash, the reflection makes it look far brighter than it actually is, you can clearly tell that it's purely lighting that makes it look different to the right side of Ricky's head..

Well I'm glad we got that sorted.

 

[broncos4life]

The part to the left of Ricky's head looks so "Bright" and "Clean" because of the camera flash, the reflection makes it look far brighter than it actually is, you can clearly tell that it's purely lighting that makes it look different to the right side of Ricky's head..

Well I'm glad we got that sorted.

It obviously meant a lot to you so I'm glad you're right

 

[Unbreakable]

It obviously meant a lot to you so I'm glad you're right

Yes, I was severely desperate to win this argument about whether an image is photoshopped, it has increased my quality of life exponentially.

 

[broncos4life]

Yes, I was severely desperate to win this argument about whether an image is photoshopped, it has increased my quality of life exponentially.

Haha gold!

That victory pic is photoshopped...

 

[Morkel]

Morkel to be disgraced for not spotting that tbh

I will go on the record as saying that I'd only ever seen it on my phone, an iPhone 3 no less.

BUT, I will conclude that it is entirely plausible that it's genuine. Like it's been pointed out, the lighting, shadow angle, shadow sharpness, everything that could prove that the photos were taken at different locations is absolutely consistent between the two people. Even the Jpeg compression marks on the two of them are identical - meaning that if they were taken at different times, they not only had the exact same field depth & zoom, but really they needed the exact same camera on the exact same settings. The 'brighter' wall to Milford's right (his left) is a result of the flash. In fact, the only thing that points to it being a fake is the fact that bricks to Milford's left are slightly creamier in colour. But it's a combination of optical illusion (because the smooth white of the whiteboard finishes behind Milford's head it makes the background starkly different on his two sides at the top) and camera lighting - look inside Stuart's opened art - same cream colour.

EDIT: I'll re-post image below so you can check my comments:

 

[Aldo]

Definitely been photoshopped..................there is no penis on Ricky's forehead!

 

[Foordy]

even if it is real, it looks like a forced/polite smile on Milfords face, rather than a "i'm happy to be here" smile