On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Odhiambo Washington
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odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:25 PM, aki <
aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hallo @Larry, nice to have you on this forum and appreciate reading your
>> feedback on issues. I'll post this and them am off.....
>>
>> Firstly, thanks to Nation for that cover story of the police shootout and
>> I'm not defending actions etc but after looking at the images from a TECH
>> and PHOTOGRAPHER point of view, my mind is disturbed on some issues. When I
>> looked at the 2 images ( cover pic and the pic taken from inside the car pg
>> 10 ), something really struck me as odd. The lines and angles in the images
>> are quite perfect which means that the camera person is quite good with
>> photography and had time to get the frames.
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>> Secondly, in 99% of adrelaine situations, to get the frames of
>> such accuracy are quite difficult. On Page 10, the image taken from inside
>> the vehicle, also has great lines and the camera is held properly. For
>> someone driving or in a vehicle, it is almost impossible to get such a
>> stable image.
>>
>> Thirdly, the cover picture is not out of focus despite the cropping and/or
>> zoom. It also looks like the images were taken out of the vehicle, therefore
>> the photographer had time to focus and align the camera. The photographer
>> put himself/herself at a very big risk because the distance of the vehicles
>> between the shootout and camera is not more than 3-5 vehicles, seen from pic
>> pg 10 . I dont know what zoom lens was used.
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>> While the authenticity of the images is not in doubt that the event
>> happened, it would be nice to know the meta-data of the images like date,
>> time, camera used with lens, aperture etc. This data is carried in all
>> images. Your technology writers can use most professional programs to read
>> this data. If the data is contradicting, then you have another big and
>> different story on your hands. Were the police setup to be caught in the act
>> or was it just a simple thing of a photographer being in the right place at
>> the right time?
>>
>> And listers, am sorry to have to asked these questions or a temporary
>> hijack of the thread.
>>
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> @Aki,
>
> In that story, I wonder why you focused on the wrong this, but it's
> understandable, because even the media are focusing on the wrong thing -
> Police Brutality, they call it. No one wants to focus on the following:
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> 1. That the thugs (yes, thugs) were armed
> 2. That these thugs always have no mercy on their victims
> 3. That only licensed citizen, other than the disciplined forces, should
> carry a firearm
> 4. That if these thugs are taken to court, there is normally no sufficient
> proof to warrant conviction so they get away with it
> 5. That between the Police and these thugs, it's either cooperation
> (collusion) or fire.
>
> The thugs kill innocent Kenyans almost daily and the only thing the media
> does it to blame the Police for it. When Police kill the thugs, the media
> still blames the Police for it. When the thugs kill the Policemen, still the
> Police take blame.
>
> Who will stand up for the Police?
>
> I am of the opinion that, in the absence of the death sentence in Kenya,
> there is no better way to deal with thugs than letting Police execute them,
> especially when the thugs are found to carry weapons. It's where the society
> has placed the Police. We should have a law that deals punitively with
> anyone found in possession of an unlicensed weapon.
>
> My OT contribution.
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> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
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> Damn!!
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