Shocking Images You Won't Believe Are Not Photoshopped

Cut Video's Tube - Can you look at a photo and be able to tell right away whether it has been edited on Photoshop? Can a photo of a man with only half of his head actually be real? The answer is yes! In our time, it is hard to look at a photo and determine whether it is a photo true to real life. But what happens when you can’t tell the difference between real and pretend?

Since the invention of Photoshop, you can completely change a photo to the point where it is unrecognizable, and amateur eyes would never know the difference. The use of Photoshop has been heavily criticized in recent years for making women skinnier and creating unrealistic expectations of beauty. The popular photo editing software has also receive negative criticism for altering photos to create hoaxes and contributing to the fabrication of lies and rumors. In all honesty, nowadays it is hard for people to not be so cynical and skeptic because of Photoshop. So when a photo surfaces that is real and legitimate, skeptic flags start flying and experts start combing through the photo to confirm its authenticity. This video features several unrealistic photos that are completely real. Granted, many of the situations that were captured on camera took time and effort to plan, but they are real. If anything, these photos represent the amazing capabilities humans still have without needing to resort to digital manipulation. In our recent times, it seems that using digital manipulation such as Photoshop can be perceived as being initially lazy, but to be honest, sometimes there’s more work to create a realistic and yet spectacular effect.

Probably one of the most disturbing photos that is actually real is “HeliCat”, which was created after an artist’s cat was hit by a car. The artist had his feline friend taxidermy and then mounted on a drone. While disturbing, the photos of the contraption are nothing short of hilarious. Another example of the great things humans can achieve without the use of technology is the desaturated Santa from 2010 during San Francisco’s SantaCon. This special Santa word a gray and white suit, a gray wig, and wore makeup so that she looked like she was from a black and white photo. But humans are not the only things that can create an amazing photo that wasn’t edited. Mother Nature is her own artist with a dried up river in Mexico creating a tree-like shape when it’s photographed from the air. Or, an artist can create a piece of art that truly tricks the eyes into thinking that animated has come to life in our real world.

In closing, don’t be fooled by your first glance of a photograph. Don’t be so eager to brush it off as a photoshopped photo, because you never know what is real and what is fake. What is even more interesting above all else, is that humans and nature are still able to create some amazing effects just by using effective tools all around them.