CNN’s much-hyped “The Moment” interactive Photosynth seems to have captured more than one moment.
Though users were supposed to capture the moment Barack Obama placed his hand on the Bible, CNN received and used photos from another moment, it seems. Check out the image above. You can see Barack and Michelle Obama on the left, with Barack about to take the oath of office. But look to the right. Oops. There’s Barack and Michelle again.
Sure this type of thing is inevitable when you’re mushing photos together but with all the hype around it being “The Moment” it’s a bit entertaining.
We’re wondering if this is the result of CNN getting desperate for usable photos from users…
Photosynth is normally like that. You can’t get photos all at the exact same moment.
For more photsynths from other places and to create your own see: http://photosynth.com
[...] and that process would by definition cause anomalies to appear. Well, the folks at Newscast Studio did some digging and found Barack Obama in more than one part of the image… Though users were supposed to [...]