Help, need some eyes on this

[MaskedM]

Hey guys i am potentially about to buy a firearm and want to know if this photo has been manipulated? I kind of think it has but lets put it to the experts! Thanks in advance!

[hawkeye]

I have doubts that this is genuine.

How it was lit? If he used a flash to photograph his hand in front of the gun, why is there no shadow on the background and gun, why are the shadows from the light source above the gun the only shadows?

If he didn't use a flash and simply increased the exposure to photograph his hand in natural light, then the gun (since it has additional lighting from above) should be over exposed or at least show blownout highlights.

[MaskedM]

I have doubts that this is genuine.

How it was lit? If he used a flash to photograph his hand in front of the gun, why is there no shadow on the background and gun, why are the shadows from the light source above the gun the only shadows?

If he didn't use a flash and simply increased the exposure to photograph his hand in natural light, then the gun (since it has additional lighting from above) should be over exposed or at least show blownout highlights.

Very well, thank you very much Hawkeye for your time on this. That could have been a several thousand dollar mistake. To me it just didnt look right but i needed someone to point out for me just what was going on there... Thanks again brother.

[Paul]

The hand and the note look pasted in for me sorry hawkeye.

[hawkeye]

The hand and the note look pasted in for me sorry hawkeye.

Why sorry, we both agree. I said it doesn't look genuine.

[thedirtyknapkin]

if you look closely at the left, and top borders, you can see another image behind the top one, and agree that the hand is fake

i have proof

that link is the original website with the original image, with no hand

it's another site that has that exact gun for sale for $30,000

all it took was a quick reverse image search in google

[hawkeye]

Good find.

[ibclare]

quick add on: if you enlarge the image, at the time the hand pixellates, the gun does not. Clearly a greater resolution. Good call, all of you

[Paul]

I don't get a like, boo hoo.