Fake photos?

HI,
I could be wrong but these photos look very fake to me, very cut and paste?
link 1

link 2

I think so too!! If the guy was trackside, I'd have expected to see a greater d.o.f. (fans out of focus). I think the big giveaway is the fact that the exif data says that the lens used was a 60mm focal length - either that, or Brendan Rogers signed Brian Mason in the January transfer window, and forgot to tell the media that they had a new player!

not sure, ground and spectators have the premiership level of passion....

I don't think they are fake; they do look a little odd because of the mixture of daylight and floodlights and he has wound up the red channel a bit mouth.

It is definitely Anfield.
I agree with Ken.

If not actually fake, then they are at least heavily cropped - especially the 1st photo. The goalkeeper is stood pretty much central in the 6-yard box, and between the keeper and the 2 players almost exactly on the 18-yard line, you can see the 6-yard line. I'm only guessing here, but with the suggested focal length in photo 1's exif data, the angle of view seem to suggest that the photog was on (or just inside) the side line. If he was in the spectators area, then I'd expect to see a hint of the corner flag in this photo.

It may be slightly cropped, but guess he is sting in the front row along the sideline - which is low - probably nearly level with the 18 yd line.

I have to believe these are real

Firstly, without checking the team sheets the date and teams match the fixture list (LFC v Newcastle).

Secondly they both appear to have been taken from roughly the same position - given that they are both heavily cropped they look fine and it is Anfield as mentioned, the exif info appears to be in tact and matches what I am seeing.

Thirdly the contrast drop off from foreground to background fits the lighting and weather (moisture in the air) expected that time of year.

Given the ISO and likely processing and the lack of knowing what lens this was together with the bizarre way the flood lights throw shadows on the players but not so much on the pitch until it gets a little darker I have no reason to doubt them.

However, if they do turn out to be fake then I may just look a bit of a muppet

I would say they were real, but the lens doesn't seem to
have any bokeh and it's at f/4.5

From what he's used on other photos it seems to cover
60-135mm.... Could it be the 50-135mm ?

The photos have possibly been manipulated as well it seems
to done quite often on the LFC site and that particular
photographer uses HDR a lot.

-