I quote Bart:
"The bald patch is a total giveaway.
I used 4 different sharpening techniques in photoshop."
Whatever, carry on.
(It is kind of a total giveaway.)
I see that, whilst I was on holiday, we lost a deluded blowhard. I'd say "Good Riddance" but he'll be back as he likes to 'retire' every now and then just to see who'll miss him.
"The bald patch is a total giveaway."Why is this such an idiotic thing to post?
The point of this thread is to question the validity of the image that Bart Kamp 'sharpened', that appears to show Shelley and Lovelady on the Elm St Ext. about 25 seconds after the shooting. It is an image taken from "a huge Couch film print in Richard E Sprague’s collection".
The image appears to show the distinctive chequered pattern of Lovelady's shirt and his distinctive bald patch.

The issue is this - there is no other image, taken from any version of the Couch footage, that shows this level of detail regarding Lovelady's shirt and bald patch.
It might then be assumed that Kamp's Lovelady image was taken from the best version of the Couch film and that is why it's got so much detail.
But this is not the case.
In fact, the opposite is true - Kamp's Lovelady image comes from one of the worst versions of Couch. The image it is taken from is completely washed out and has no fine detail in it -
apart from Lovelady's shirt and bald patch!!
Look at how poor this image is. Look at how washed out it is.
There are many versions of the Couch footage on the internet, all of varying quality and most of a superior quality to this 'Sprague print' version.
The best quality version I've come across is from "Four Days In November". Look at how superior this image is when compared to the Sprague print. Look at how clear it is and how much detail is contained in this image.

However, when I focus on the two individuals in question, and in particular 'Lovelady', we see no sign of a chequered pattern or a bald patch:
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This leads me to conclude that the image 'sharpened' by Kamp has been manipulated in such a way as to
create the chequered pattern and bald patch. These features are not present on any extant version of the Couch footage I can find.
Whether deliberately or inadvertently, the Sprague image is fake. The original version of Couch does not show a chequered pattern OR a bald patch. These features have been added to the Sprague print and to that print alone.
All of this was pointed out to the Deluded One and all he could muster was - "The bald patch is a total giveaway."
How can it be that no other version of the Couch footage has the chequered pattern or the bald patch? - "The bald patch is a total giveaway."
How can one of the worst copies of the Couch footage produce an image with such fine detail? - "The bald patch is a total giveaway."
How can Kamp's 'fake' image be used to identify Shelley and Lovelady? - "The bald patch is a total giveaway."