That picture doesn't look doctored to me. A long lens was used and
focused on the boy. Since the bus was quite a ways behind him it's out
of focus, but long lenses compress depth, so it appears like it's
looming right behind him. Lighting looks fine to me, too. The sun is
behind the photographer's right shoulder, at about the 2:00 position
judging by the shadow of the boy's nose and elbow. The shadows on the
left edge of the van, in front of the windwing, show the light was
falling on the van from the same angle.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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On 5/15/2007 12:13 PM vt wrote:

> Yup.  but, those pix are not subtle .... they speak volumes when one
> considers the youth depicted.
> Sam Conant
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathaniel Poole" <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:43 PM
> Subject: Another Vanagon world
>
>
>> We are all connected in some very subtle ways, and pics like these
>> make me
>> look at my own bus differently.
>>
>> http://bp2.blogger.com/_L6pDyjqqsvY/Rkmu7lxNNmI/AAAAAAAAEI8/PYZS9GPZCh8/s1600-h/fatah.jpg
>>
>>
>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/photo/2007/05/15/2005068706
>>
>> Nathaniel
>