The Conquistador's Picture Of The Day

[DSL]

She's got balls!

[Tread]

3rd pic: Would be interesting what they have done after this.

[dauls]

Originally Posted by Tread

3rd pic: Would be interesting what they have done after this.

Unfortunately the 4th picture in the above crane disaster is a fake. (See 4th and 5th pictures attached).

It happened in Connemara, Galway, Ireland in 2004, and the pictures made the papers in the UK.

When the larger green-cabbed mobile crane arrived they correctly deployed outriggers and lifted the car and the first truck out of the water.

NOTE:
First three pictures are real.

The 4th picture is real and was photoshopped to make the fake 5th picture.

[The Conquistador]

Yeah. Deploying outriggers is a must when working by edges with heavy equipment, especially if they have a boom or some kind of extendable arm.

[Tread]

Originally Posted by dauls

Unfortunately the 4th picture in the above crane disaster is a fake. (See 4th and 5th pictures attached).

It happened in Connemara, Galway, Ireland in 2004, and the pictures made the papers in the UK.

When the larger green-cabbed mobile crane arrived they correctly deployed outriggers and lifted the car and the first truck out of the water.

NOTE:
First three pictures are real.

The 4th picture is real and was photoshopped to make the fake 5th picture.

Ahh, thanks for the info.
I should have noticed the manipulation.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by Tread

Ahh, thanks for the info.
I should have noticed the manipulation.

I don't see how. It looked real enough to me. It is amazing how good of a job some of these "photo manipulators" really are!

[dauls]

Originally Posted by Tread

Ahh, thanks for the info.
I should have noticed the manipulation.

The pictures of the first mobile crane falling into the water gained significant attention for this story.

But after an unknown photoshopper faked the second mobile crane falling into the water and added it to the series an already popular story gained a second wind.

Footnote:
The driver of the white car was trapped upside down underwater, a female passerby saw the incident, called out to a local man for help, who jumped in and pulled the driver to safety.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by dauls

The pictures of the first mobile crane falling into the water gained significant attention for this story.

But after an unknown photoshopper faked the second mobile crane falling into the water and added it to the series an already popular story gained a second wind.

Footnote:
The driver of the white car was trapped upside down underwater, a female passerby saw the incident, called out to a local man for help, who jumped in and pulled the driver to safety.

That is a good thing to hear. It would put a serious damper on the funny side to the story if anyone had died as a result of the accident(s).