DNA hunt for Loch Ness

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In regards of the Loch Ness 'flipper' photograph, there was a lot of criticism about the use of imagery enhancement
and many see it as a hoax. Their accusation lies within the idea that a favoured result was needed and so, found.


The Original Image.

The flipper image suffered due to the alleged 'head' photograph from 1975 that was later believed to be a submerged
tree stump, the ugly formation does have some symmetry and one can see why it could be persuasive.


The 'Head' image.

But on the plus-side...

"...Charles Wyckoff of Kodak, who collaborated with Rines, has pointed out that the original negative showed the
flipper shape, and he attested that there was not “the slightest bit of ‘retouching’ or change”;
the computer “enhancement” involved using various algorithms to scan the negative -under different color filters,
and contrast-altering, and edge-enhancing -and superposing several such scans, none of which could produce
something not present in the original.

Alan Gillespie, who did the actual computer work at the Jet Propulsion Lab, wrote: “Something unusual was in the
image, and it was not an artefact of processing, and it has flippers of some sort”; and he described the later (1975)
photos of body, neck and head photos as “spectacular”...'

Critique Of Nessie: (Page 41)