| musicland munich 14.06.2015 19:50 |
I've found this picture of Freddie,Brian, John and an anonymos (well at least to me)woman in a Berlin Restaurant called " Bacco". I'am not complete sure about the year. Something reminds me of 85'( you know what I guess) and I've also read about a meeting in Berlin at some point after Live Aid, IF I remember correctly. In 86'Berlin was part of their Magic Tour...so it makes me a bit unsure about the correct date. |
| Jake12 14.06.2015 20:17 |
I would proably say mid to late 85 |
| matt z 14.06.2015 20:47 |
So strange. Freddie almost looks Photoshopped into the pic. I'll say ....who knows |
| musicland munich 14.06.2015 22:03 |
matt z wrote: So strange. Freddie almost looks Photoshopped into the pic. I'll say ....who knowsYes, that was one of my first thoughts too. I've checked the picture data. It'was reworked with Photoshop 7.0. But that doesn't mean anything . The original is framed and hanging on the wall there along with many other celebrity pics. |
| Biggus Dickus 14.06.2015 23:24 |
I think John had bigger hair during The Magic Tour so I'd say it was taken earlier. |
| pittrek 15.06.2015 01:59 |
Freddie looks very suspicious. He looks too small, too blurry, the wooden wall behind him has a different colour (it looks like a part of the original background), he does not reflect on the table and I have a feeling I have seen him from this angle on a different photo |
| musicland munich 15.06.2015 02:17 |
pittrek wrote: Freddie looks very suspicious. He looks too small, too blurry, the wooden wall behind him has a different colour (it looks like a part of the original background), he does not reflect on the table and I have a feeling I have seen him from this angle on a different photoHave a look, their gallery is online available. Some of their older Pics have those "stripes" but on Freddie they look the most worse imo. link |
| tomchristie22 15.06.2015 02:39 |
There's no way Freddie hasn't been shopped in. He's way too small, and off colour. EDIT: Actually, the colour is explained in that there's a vertical discoloured strip which happens to be covering Freddie. The perspective still looks off, anyway. |
| Costa86 15.06.2015 10:01 |
Part of the woman's hair is transparent, and a small part of it appears to surround Freddie's ear like some sort of ghost. Her arm also looks like it's passing under Freddie's arm to underneath the table onto his stomach/hip area (was it THAT sort of party? No wonder John's grinning). I'd say it's Photoshopped - and the person who owns the original image was the one who did the Photoshopping. |
| Oscar J 15.06.2015 14:51 |
As someone who works with Photoshop on a daily basis, I can say with 99 % certainty that Freddie isn't Photoshopped in. There is a reflection from his left shoulder in the table (right by the reflection from the vase), and a more subtle reflection of, if not Freddie, somebody sitting on the exact same spot. The right arm on Freddies shirt being pushed up by the woman's breast, and the way they overlap each other would be a lot of trouble to go though if it was faked. The bright, warm highlight on Freddie's nose perfectly matches the ones on the woman's and Brians face. His eyes are slightly red from the flash, and so are Brian's. The list goes on. It's legit. The thing making it look a bit weird is the unfortunate vertical scanning stripe, making his look a bit desaturated compared to the rest of the group. |
| musicland munich 15.06.2015 15:29 |
Oscar J wrote: As someone who works with Photoshop on a daily basis, I can say with 99 % certainty that Freddie isn't Photoshopped in. There is a reflection from his left shoulder in the table (right by the reflection from the vase), and a more subtle reflection of, if not Freddie, somebody sitting on the exact same spot. The right arm on Freddies shirt being pushed up by the woman's breast, and the way they overlap each other would be a lot of trouble to go though if it was faked. The bright, warm highlight on Freddie's nose perfectly matches the ones on the woman's and Brians face. His eyes are slightly red from the flash, and so are Brian's. The list goes on. It's legit. The thing making it look a bit weird is the unfortunate vertical scanning stripe, making his look a bit desaturated compared to the rest of the group.^ Ding ! Exactly ! |
| CPL593h 15.06.2015 15:32 |
Oscar J: I don't have your experience with Photoshop, but I totally agree. As someone who uses it often, maybe you could try and fix the scanning stripe (the easier for me would be to wash the rest of the pic, but with a bit more PS practice than I have, restoring the colours might be possible) so we can see the pic as it should have been in the first place? |
| Costa86 15.06.2015 16:24 |
Oscar J wrote: As someone who works with Photoshop on a daily basis, I can say with 99 % certainty that Freddie isn't Photoshopped in. There is a reflection from his left shoulder in the table (right by the reflection from the vase), and a more subtle reflection of, if not Freddie, somebody sitting on the exact same spot. The right arm on Freddies shirt being pushed up by the woman's breast, and the way they overlap each other would be a lot of trouble to go though if it was faked. The bright, warm highlight on Freddie's nose perfectly matches the ones on the woman's and Brians face. His eyes are slightly red from the flash, and so are Brian's. The list goes on. It's legit. The thing making it look a bit weird is the unfortunate vertical scanning stripe, making his look a bit desaturated compared to the rest of the group.Thanks for your input Oscar - I truly believed it was Photoshopped. |
| brunogorski 15.06.2015 19:41 |
Oscar J wrote: As someone who works with Photoshop on a daily basis, I can say with 99 % certainty that Freddie isn't Photoshopped in. There is a reflection from his left shoulder in the table (right by the reflection from the vase), and a more subtle reflection of, if not Freddie, somebody sitting on the exact same spot. The right arm on Freddies shirt being pushed up by the woman's breast, and the way they overlap each other would be a lot of trouble to go though if it was faked. The bright, warm highlight on Freddie's nose perfectly matches the ones on the woman's and Brians face. His eyes are slightly red from the flash, and so are Brian's. The list goes on. It's legit. The thing making it look a bit weird is the unfortunate vertical scanning stripe, making his look a bit desaturated compared to the rest of the group.I'm with you. And I work with this beautiful software like every freakin' DAY. lol |
| Jimmy Dean 15.06.2015 22:51 |
hmmm... could it be Freddie's head photoshopped on Roger's body? Take a close look. The head doesn't seem to fit the body. |
| Biggus Dickus 15.06.2015 23:22 |
Jimmy Dean wrote: hmmm... could it be Freddie's head photoshopped on Roger's body? Take a close look. The head doesn't seem to fit the body.I don't know, you can see dark chest hair. |
| musicland munich 15.06.2015 23:58 |
Biggus Dickus wrote:Agreed. Aside from the fact that oscar pointed out why this photo is 99 % NOT doctored.Jimmy Dean wrote: hmmm... could it be Freddie's head photoshopped on Roger's body? Take a close look. The head doesn't seem to fit the body.I don't know, you can see dark chest hair. But to me far more relevant, why Queen had a meeting in Berlin at that point ? I've heared or read something about it some time ago, but I can't remember the reason for it. |
| Biggus Dickus 16.06.2015 00:43 |
musicland munich wrote:Have we established roughly at what point this picture was taken? To me the only clue is John's hair, as I've said before. In Live Aid he had big hair, in One Vision video short, bit longer in Magic and Princes videos and then again big hair during The Magic Tour and short again on the video of WWTLF. Comparing John's hair on the picture with the music videos I'd say it was taken between One Vision video (autumn 1985) and Magic/Princes videos (early 1986).Biggus Dickus wrote:Agreed. Aside from the fact that oscar pointed out why this photo is 99 % NOT doctored. But to me far more relevant, why Queen had a meeting in Berlin at that point ? I've heared or read something about it some time ago, but I can't remember the reason for it.Jimmy Dean wrote: hmmm... could it be Freddie's head photoshopped on Roger's body? Take a close look. The head doesn't seem to fit the body.I don't know, you can see dark chest hair. |
| Oscar J 16.06.2015 01:52 |
I don't normally do photo restoration and I'm sure there's a plugin for these things out there somewhere, but I gave it a few minutes and tried upping the contrast and hue a bit and shifting the colour balance slightly. |
| Oscar J 16.06.2015 01:54 |
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| musicland munich 16.06.2015 02:00 |
Oscar J wrote:Thank You !!! Looks good to me :) I'am referring to the picture he uploaded on Page one. |
| Chief Mouse 16.06.2015 02:28 |
Nice work, Oscar! :) |
| people on streets 16.06.2015 09:36 |
Great picture. Of course it's real. |
| Ale Solan 16.06.2015 10:17 |
I can't believe you people were discussing if this pic was ph'shopped or not... why on earth someone could photoshop this pic?? lol |
| matt z 16.06.2015 13:41 |
Ale Solan wrote: I can't believe you people were discussing if this pic was ph'shopped or not... why on earth someone could photoshop this pic?? lolCause of the suspicious artifact. If it were scanned that way it ought to have been remedied. Another person questioned the size of Freddie Mercury. Another person questioned reflections. I'm on mobile so I'm guessing it's a bit more pixelated than usual. Could have been a possibility it only featured the three of them. Anyways. Why wouldn't they have all been together anyways. It's doubtful they ever just hung out together at that point unless it were relevant to recordings. |
| Ale Solan 17.06.2015 10:44 |
matt z wrote:Of course! Freddie had always been a small person! Especially compared to Brian lolAle Solan wrote: I can't believe you people were discussing if this pic was ph'shopped or not... why on earth someone could photoshop this pic?? lolCause of the suspicious artifact. If it were scanned that way it ought to have been remedied. Another person questioned the size of Freddie Mercury. Another person questioned reflections. I'm on mobile so I'm guessing it's a bit more pixelated than usual. Could have been a possibility it only featured the three of them. Anyways. Why wouldn't they have all been together anyways. It's doubtful they ever just hung out together at that point unless it were relevant to recordings. |