Re: If there is ONE last photo.........................

by **tigger** 27.02.13 11:33

The hair bead also didn't appear in the narrative until that photo was published. Kate 'carefully' taking the hair bead out when putting Maddie to bed that night.
That photograph is mentioned time and time again in interviews, it even appears to be their 'last memory' of Maddie. The picture, not the girl.

Yes, impossible to have those changes and yet those elements all in the same place.

by skater58 27.02.13 12:11

Forgive me if this has already been noticed. I have been interested in Maddie's trainers (with lights) mentioned by the cleaner yet there doesn't appear to be a recording anywhere of them. I thought for a long while they perhaps she was mistaken Maddie for another child wearing the shoes. Anyways, I just noticed in the above pics of the plane/van/playground that Maddie is wearing white/light pink trainers. Can't tell if they have the lights on the side like some do though. It may not be the same ones the cleaner saw. It has bugged me that she was wearing those awful and ill fitting sandals in the tennis pic. Where are those trainers she wore on arrival? Just curious.

by **tigger** 27.02.13 12:36

skater58 wrote:Forgive me if this has already been noticed. I have been interested in Maddie's trainers (with lights) mentioned by the cleaner yet there doesn't appear to be a recording anywhere of them. I thought for a long while they perhaps she was mistaken Maddie for another child wearing the shoes. Anyways, I just noticed in the above pics of the plane/van/playground that Maddie is wearing white/light pink trainers. Can't tell if they have the lights on the side like some do though. It may not be the same ones the cleaner saw. It has bugged me that she was wearing those awful and ill fitting sandals in the tennis pic. Where are those trainers she wore on arrival? Just curious.

Here's a topic on her clothes. The trainers are a red flag imo. Seen by the cleaner, seen in the playground. She's wearing trainers on the airport bus. Ideal for DNA, couldn't be better.Never seen again. Also not seen the twins wearing those.

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by Spaniel 27.02.13 13:11

skater58 wrote:Forgive me if this has already been noticed. I have been interested in Maddie's trainers (with lights) mentioned by the cleaner yet there doesn't appear to be a recording anywhere of them. I thought for a long while they perhaps she was mistaken Maddie for another child wearing the shoes. Anyways, I just noticed in the above pics of the plane/van/playground that Maddie is wearing white/light pink trainers. Can't tell if they have the lights on the side like some do though. It may not be the same ones the cleaner saw. It has bugged me that she was wearing those awful and ill fitting sandals in the tennis pic. Where are those trainers she wore on arrival? Just curious.

I can look at many pics which I take at face value holiday snaps, such as the playground and pool ones, but in the tennis pic I feel there is more. You may or may not agree with my interpretation of it. Nothing sinister however.

I see a little girl who has been crying. Perhaps Madeleine had done something to displease and was told to take time out and not join in the lesson that day. Sitting on the sidelines while still wearing sandals, she sobs and at some stage, as we do, the parents relented or the coach invited her to collect some balls.
The picture says to me that not only has she been crying, but her manner is one of appeasement, her parent's displeasure now being one of forgiveness.

She couldn't have worn those sandals with socks to actually play tennis, as her little toes would have been sore from the friction.
Didn't KM say of one picture she took that it was now famous all over the World ?
I remember in the early days forum members trying to identify the flashing light trainers, but it didn't go anywhere.

by Guest 27.02.13 14:45

As I've said before, when I look at the "tennis photo" IMO I see a child desperately trying to please the one who's taking it ...

by **Nina** 27.02.13 15:00

Châtelaine wrote:As I've said before, when I look at the "tennis photo" IMO I see a child desperately trying to please the one who's taking it ...

I see a stiff pinchy toed little girl with a tremulous smile, certainly not a cheeky 'look at what I have got' child with her hands full of tennis ball trophies. She isn't enjoying what she is doing. This of course is my opinion.

by rainbow-fairy 27.02.13 18:32

Spaniel wrote:
skater58 wrote:Forgive me if this has already been noticed. I have been interested in Maddie's trainers (with lights) mentioned by the cleaner yet there doesn't appear to be a recording anywhere of them. I thought for a long while they perhaps she was mistaken Maddie for another child wearing the shoes. Anyways, I just noticed in the above pics of the plane/van/playground that Maddie is wearing white/light pink trainers. Can't tell if they have the lights on the side like some do though. It may not be the same ones the cleaner saw. It has bugged me that she was wearing those awful and ill fitting sandals in the tennis pic. Where are those trainers she wore on arrival? Just curious.
I can look at many pics which I take at face value holiday snaps, such as the playground and pool ones, but in the tennis pic I feel there is more. You may or may not agree with my interpretation of it. Nothing sinister however.

I see a little girl who has been crying. Perhaps Madeleine had done something to displease and was told to take time out and not join in the lesson that day. Sitting on the sidelines while still wearing sandals, she sobs and at some stage, as we do, the parents relented or the coach invited her to collect some balls.
The picture says to me that not only has she been crying, but her manner is one of appeasement, her parent's displeasure now being one of forgiveness.

She couldn't have worn those sandals with socks to actually play tennis, as her little toes would have been sore from the friction.
Didn't KM say of one picture she took that it was now famous all over the World ?
I remember in the early days forum members trying to identify the flashing light trainers, but it didn't go anywhere.

Fwiw, my thoughts on your analysis Spaniel:

1)Re the 'time out theory', why would she have been otherwise dressed perfectly for tennis, bar the footwear? Surely she'd be dressed fully for tennis, or fully not, if she'd tantrumed?

2)IMHO, if either/or photo's are genuine and untampered with, they could not have been taken within days and if they were, they are not the same child. Not just heightwise but facially too.

3)Also, the clothes look 'old' - 70's/80's like something I would've worn around that age.

4)WHO in fact TOOK the photo? Its been claimed seperately by Kate, Jane AND Rachel! Which is bizarre in itself. There is a thread here, sorry lack of links, 'Who took the tennis photo?' (Or similar). Its very intriguing.

I accept we all see things differently, and I stress these are only my observations. I totally agree this is a girl desperate to please, but there could be many reasons for that.

by bobbin 27.02.13 19:44

tigger wrote:
Inspectorfrost wrote:Sharon, are you saying the photo of Madeleine taken at the pool in PDL in 2006 was photoshopped into a photo of Gerry and Amelie at the pool in 2007?

i think if they had been there before as a family it would have come out by now.

reposting sharon case u missed it, Im interested in your view

It's the other way round imo. Amelie has been photoshopped into a picture of Gerry and Maddie from 2006 - could be as late as September 06, would still be very warm there.
But where I'm quite happy to accept that the weird reflection in the sunglasses is the effect of polarising glasses - which would be the only change in Gerry - I think there was a certain amount of manipulation with Maddie. That line in the neck doesn't make sense, it's not due to shadow.
The left arm is in exactly the same position relevant to the rock mass behind. That cannot be duplicated in two separate photographs.
So imo the original photo is from an earlier time, Maddie's head and 'new clothes' may have been pasted onto the original. The hat has a different outline in 2007, the dress/folds are different.
However, Amelie is pasted in really badly, her right arm gives it away.

The function of this photo was to prove that
a) they were having a lovely family holiday (G: 'she was having a ball')
b) the date of the photo - 3/5/07 - proved she was alive at that time
c) the age of Amelie there concurs with the 3/05/07 date.
d) the apricot dress that Amelie wears can be seen in a number of later snaps.

Some problems with the photo: Kate recalls an apricot/peach coloured dress when it is pink.
Pink was Maddie, a colour much pushed by Kate. So why has she forgotten the colour? Why is Amelie wearing the same pink hat that Maddie wore allegedly earlier that day? Most children would have a major tantrum if a sibling wore their favourite clothes.
The time given on the camera is an hour earlier than the time given by Kate. Imo the person doing the 'adjustments' assumed that Portugal isn't included in GMT and like France and Spain, an hour ahead. But 1.39 pm is 2.39 in France and Spain etc. Not in Portugal.

It's the only 'family photo' of the whole week.(I don't count the playground) Indeed, there are very few of the normal family snaps taken by a friend or relative.

Another point: why delete so many photographs, at a not much later date Ceops and Gerry in his blog requested all snaps/ photographs from other holiday makers around OC. In case they'd be able to spot suspicious characters in the background. Did they already know all the deleted photographs didn't show a spotty/nasty man? These photographs were deleted within days.
There can be quite a few other reasons to lose photographs of course.

Does anyone have any info at all on where the McCs were in late July, Aug, Sept of 2006. Did they have a holiday that year. Maddie would have been 3 yrs and 2 months in July, 3 yrs 4 months in Sept. So the twins would have been old enough to go on an airplane on holiday.
I had wondered if the short hair could have been longer hair caught back on her right shoulder if she had suddenly turned her head. On the full video, with Martin Grimes and his dogs, visiting the new villa, the photos are clearer than on the Spanish video.
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Maddie's head is resting on her left shoulder in both photos. This would put the hair into its visible position as we see it. It was not long enough to catch on her right shoulder. Also the bead is not dragged back over the shoulder, it is hanging on the length of hair as seen. Therefore I am content that the bob hair style is Maddie's hair before it was elongated for the final pool photo which we know is photo-shopped for all sorts of reasons. The bougainvillea in full flower, and the sun's angle suggest mid to late summer.
If the last pool photo was of Maddie, with Gerry and Amelie photo-shopped in rather than Maddie shopped into Gerry and Amelie's photo, this would have to put the basic photo in mid/late summer 2006.
Is it at all likely that the McCs would not have had a holiday in 2006. Where did the Paynes etc. go that year, anyone any clues on McCs in 2006.

by Inspectorfrost 27.02.13 21:38

Their friends went to Greece in 2006, the Mccanns didn't, can't remember the reason, its in someones statement or someones interview in the media

Im of the opinion there is nothing to suggest photoshopping of the last picture from all I have read here and elsewhere

Oh btw bouganvillia blossom by end april in Portugal and in full bloom in may

THe Mccanns are suspect though for not releasing the last photo tillthree weeks later,definitely

Good Night all

by bobbin 27.02.13 22:16

Inspectorfrost wrote:Their friends went to Greece in 2006, the Mccanns didn't, can't remember the reason, its in someones statement or someones interview in the media

Im of the opinion there is nothing to suggest photoshopping of the last picture from all I have read here and elsewhere

Oh btw bouganvillia blossom by end april in Portugal and in full bloom in may

THe Mccanns are suspect though for not releasing the last photo tillthree weeks later,definitely

Good Night all

only if it has been hot enough. 2007 was cold and wet in this time.

by Miraflores 27.02.13 22:19

Leafylane wrote:If Madeleine had been in PdeL the previous year, surely it would show in her Passport and in Mark Warner's records?

The passport question has already been answered.
Would it show in Mark Warner's records? Why assume they stayed at Mark Warner?

by Guest 27.02.13 22:37

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With acknowledgement to the MM forum and poster SashaM, there is an explanation as to how the same photo can look different.

by Inspectorfrost 27.02.13 22:38

Miraflores wrote:
Leafylane wrote:If Madeleine had been in PdeL the previous year, surely it would show in her Passport and in Mark Warner's records?

The passport question has already been answered.
Would it show in Mark Warner's records? Why assume they stayed at Mark Warner?

Well then lets have a smidgeon of evidence for it

That they were in portugal or pdl yawn

Nite x

by bobbin 27.02.13 22:45

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With acknowledgement to the MM forum and poster SashaM, there is an explanation as to how the same photo can look different.

thank you Jean for bringing this across. I didn't know how to.
Now it's important to date the photo by the state of flowering of the bougainvillea. Inspectorfrost has stated that it comes out end of April, full bloom in May, without considering the weather conditions and that this plant is particularly sensitive to cold/ hot weather conditions for the leaves to bloom.
I'm off to find a photo elsewhere for 3rd May 2007.

by Inspectorfrost 27.02.13 22:54

bobbin wrote:
Jean wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

With acknowledgement to the MM forum and poster SashaM, there is an explanation as to how the same photo can look different.
thank you Jean for bringing this across. I didn't know how to.
Now it's important to date the photo by the state of flowering of the bougainvillea. Inspectorfrost has stated that it comes out end of April, full bloom in May, without considering the weather conditions and that this plant is particularly sensitive to cold/ hot weather conditions for the leaves to bloom.
I'm off to find a photo elsewhere for 3rd May 2007.

Good luck Bobbin

There is no way on this earth anyone can assert as a fact that bouganvillias dont flower till june my its getting rather silly

by bobbin 27.02.13 22:55

Inspectorfrost wrote:
bobbin wrote:
Jean wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

With acknowledgement to the MM forum and poster SashaM, there is an explanation as to how the same photo can look different.
thank you Jean for bringing this across. I didn't know how to.
Now it's important to date the photo by the state of flowering of the bougainvillea. Inspectorfrost has stated that it comes out end of April, full bloom in May, without considering the weather conditions and that this plant is particularly sensitive to cold/ hot weather conditions for the leaves to bloom.
I'm off to find a photo elsewhere for 3rd May 2007.
Good luck Bobbin

There is no way on this earth anyone can assert as a fact that bouganvillias dont flower till june my its getting rather silly [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

is it worrying you for some reason?

by Inspectorfrost 27.02.13 23:18

bobbin wrote:
Inspectorfrost wrote:
bobbin wrote:
Jean wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

With acknowledgement to the MM forum and poster SashaM, there is an explanation as to how the same photo can look different.
thank you Jean for bringing this across. I didn't know how to.
Now it's important to date the photo by the state of flowering of the bougainvillea. Inspectorfrost has stated that it comes out end of April, full bloom in May, without considering the weather conditions and that this plant is particularly sensitive to cold/ hot weather conditions for the leaves to bloom.
I'm off to find a photo elsewhere for 3rd May 2007.
Good luck Bobbin

There is no way on this earth anyone can assert as a fact that bouganvillias dont flower till june my its getting rather silly [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
is it worrying you for some reason?

Just to say the icon was a clicked on by mistake,no bobbin not worried about anything you post or others, just stating my opinion and trying mybest to sort wheat from chaffe if thats ok, the more crap we can get rid off there is more of the core is there to find

is it WORRYING ME??? For some reason?NO it isnt what worries me is a bunch of baloney posted here as fact

Why would it? I posted a fact, why would it worryme? I am trying to sort the wheaf from the chaff in this case, but getting grief big grin

I dont have much of a threshold for BS is that OK ?

by Miraflores 28.02.13 7:50

There is no way on this earth anyone can assert as a fact that bouganvillias dont flower till june my its getting rather silly

And, of course, plants can be forward in one area with favourable conditions and behind in more exposed spots,

by **tigger** 28.02.13 8:05

bobbin wrote:
Inspectorfrost wrote:Their friends went to Greece in 2006, the Mccanns didn't, can't remember the reason, its in someones statement or someones interview in the media

Im of the opinion there is nothing to suggest photoshopping of the last picture from all I have read here and elsewhere

Oh btw bouganvillia blossom by end april in Portugal and in full bloom in may

THe Mccanns are suspect though for not releasing the last photo tillthree weeks later,definitely

Good Night all

only if it has been hot enough. 2007 was cold and wet in this time.

From the book:
Some images are etched for all time on my brain. Madeleine that lunchtime is one of them. She was wearing an outfit I’d bought especially for her holiday: a peach-coloured smock top from Gap and some white broderie-anglaise shorts from Monsoon – a small extravagance, perhaps, but I’d pictured how lovely she would look in them and I’d been right. She was striding ahead of Fiona and me, swinging her bare arms to and fro. The weather was a little on the cool side and I remember thinking I should have brought a cardigan for her, although she seemed oblivious of the temperature, just happy and carefree. I was following her with my eyes, admiring her. I wonder now, the nausea rising in my throat, if someone else was doing the same.unquote

Why should Kate be thinking 'the same' as the putative paedophile? That's implied in the wording.
However lovely a toddler looks, 'admire' isn't the verb I'd use.
Most of all, some 'images' - it seems she is thinking of a photograph again. But she gets the colour wrong. So was she thinking of a black and white photograph, taken some considerable time before 3/5? The weather looks anything but on 'the cool side.'

by Lostfridge 28.02.13 8:57

[quote="Lostfridge"]

sharonl wrote:'lostfridge' wrote this:

"oh man!. come on peeps. The one in the bedroom may just be another photo taken at the same time! just because we have never seen it doesn't mean there isnt more than one photo taken by the pool that day. Different pic, slightly different angle..."

I think 'lostfridge' has made a very valid point.

Here is my thinking on the 'middle photo' (with the cross in the background) and the 'last photo' (on the right).

Firstly, they are clearly not the same picture. The differences I can see include:

* hat shape slightly different
* folds of the dress slightly different
* position of hairbead in relation to the hat slightly different (a bit nearer the hat I think on the 'middle photo')
* slightly different angle of shot (as 'lostfridge' suggests).

But overwhelmingly more important are the similarities, namely:

* same dress, albeit slightly different shadows and folds
* hairbead in exactly the same position on Madeleine's hair
* position of head on her shoulders almost identical
* position of left arm and shoulder identical - same amount of 'shine' on the top of her left shoulder
* similar facial expression
* length and shape of shadow on Madeleine's neck the same - sun must have been very high in the sky.

So I would suggest this.

The two photos were taken on the same occasion, maybe just a couple of seconds apart. This is common with digital photos - you see someone you love in a photogenic situation and you take two, maybe three, four or five shots in quick succession. Like wedding photographers do - to get the best expression.

So, I am in agreement with 'lostfridge' so far.

The next question is: if they were taken just a few seconds apart, what occasion was that?

In considering this, I take into account the exaggerated references made by Kate to the hair bead: "I carefully removed her hair bead". Was this an attempt to prove that this 'last photo' was taken on 3 May 2007 at 2.29pm?

Next I consider that it took three weeks and a visit by Gerry to England in order to produce this 'last photo'. That tells me that it was not readily available in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007.

Then I look at the complete absence of other photos of Madeleine on that holiday, apart from the tennis balls photo.

Finally I reflect on the obvious height of the sun - it looks near enough vertical, just as it would be, say, near the midde of the day in June or July.

For all the above reasons I would like to put forward the suggestion that these two photos were taken within, say, 2-3 seconds of each other, and perhaps from a slightly different angle, in the summer of 2006.

And it is possible, since Edward Smethurst is known to have taken his summer holidays in Praia da Luz every year since 1999, that he might have been there at the same time.

Thank you for the reasoned response, which is more than can be said for some people

I have young children, I often take more than one shot and the differences can be minimal. Sometimes I will keep all the shots, sometimes I may delete them.

In this instance I believe the shot taken which is in the frame on the desk, shows a shot just before the 'last photo` shot. Her head has not turned full to the 'last photo' stage and much of her hair is still restingon her right shoulder, as she turns her head a touch more to her left into the 'last photo' pose, the hair comes over her right shoulder and falls free to the right side of her face.

Please also consider that these photos may be stills taken from a good quality Video camera (MiniDV or even one of the first compact DVD disc camcorders), which given that we know they owned a video camera is very possible and very probable you would take it on holiday with you. If the Mccanns had something to hide regarding the holiday and staged anything, they would not very likely admit to having a video camera with them on that holiday , they would destroy the camera but might keep hold of the video tape/dvd and memory card (don't forget high end camcorders even back in 2007 often had a separate memory card which would store still shots very much like a normal digital camera)
The visits back to UK may of been to simply view the footage/ photos in privacy and select the best shots for distribution and printing.
I do not personally think any photos have been altered other than perhaps the times / days we where told they where taken. I have seen no evidence that convinces me otherwise. Despite what theory I may believe or what I think of the Mccanns, I do not think every single thing they ever did was a lie and laced with subterfuge! certainly I think it was a very normal family holiday with friends up until a certain point.
With regards to lack of photos I simply believe there are plenty more photos, they have just not been released either by the police or by the mccanns as they either bare no relevance to the case or they are private and the Mccanns wish not to release them.

by Leafylane 28.02.13 9:07

Miraflores wrote:
Leafylane wrote:If Madeleine had been in PdeL the previous year, surely it would show in her Passport and in Mark Warner's records?

The passport question has already been answered.
Would it show in Mark Warner's records? Why assume they stayed at Mark Warner?

Why not?

But even if they didn't then unless they flew in just for that afternoon, they would have been staying somewhere for a week or more - walking around, eating out, shopping, talking to people etc. etc. I'm sure with their faces being in newspapers/media all over the world just a few months later that someone would have recognised them as the family they met/saw/spoke to the previous year in Portugal - or sat next to on the plane.

The McCanns have said they had never been to PdL before and KM had never been in Portugal before. Why tell a huge lie about something which could so easily be disproved. It makes no sense.

ps.
thankyou to the poster (I think it was Smoke'nmirrors) who explained about the passport.

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by Guest 28.02.13 9:13

Jean wrote:There was a very early newspaper quote from Kate saying that she felt safe in PDL because she'd been there before. I posted a link to the story - probably in 2011 - but I can't find it now; it's probably been whooshed anyway.

Of course it might have been an error but it would certainly be interesting if it was not......

There was an early report of a previous visit but I don't think it actually said when that was.

by Miraflores 28.02.13 9:31

Why tell a huge lie about something which could so easily be disproved. It makes no sense.

Indeed, but the same comment could be made about the jemmied shutters.

by bobbin 28.02.13 11:21

Leafylane wrote:
Miraflores wrote:
Leafylane wrote:If Madeleine had been in PdeL the previous year, surely it would show in her Passport and in Mark Warner's records?

The passport question has already been answered.
Would it show in Mark Warner's records? Why assume they stayed at Mark Warner?

Why not?

But even if they didn't then unless they flew in just for that afternoon, they would have been staying somewhere for a week or more - walking around, eating out, shopping, talking to people etc. etc. I'm sure with their faces being in newspapers/media all over the world just a few months later that someone would have recognised them as the family they met/saw/spoke to the previous year in Portugal - or sat next to on the plane.

The McCanns have said they had never been to PdL before and KM had never been in Portugal before. Why tell a huge lie about something which could so easily be disproved. It makes no sense.

ps.
thankyou to the poster (I think it was Smoke'nmirrors) who explained about the passport.

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well leafylane, it would be easy to determine by looking at Gerry and Kate's bank statements, use of credit cards, etc. So why hasn't this been done.....ah, yes I remember, it's because they (a) didn't have any credit cards and (b) refused to let this information be made available to the investigation.
So we are just to take their word for it that they weren't on holiday in Portugal at a time when the bougainvillea was in full bloom and a photo of Maddie was taken by the pool with the full bloom right there behind her.
another ahhhhhh. along with all the other truths they have spoken, e.g. Gerry entered the apartment on 3rd May 2007 at 9 p.m. by the front door with the key, but 'yeah but no but yeah but no', he entered by the patio door at the back to save using the front door and key in order to not wake the kids. Honestly.

by **tigger** 28.02.13 11:56

Leafylane wrote:
Miraflores wrote:
Leafylane wrote:If Madeleine had been in PdeL the previous year, surely it would show in her Passport and in Mark Warner's records?

The passport question has already been answered.
Would it show in Mark Warner's records? Why assume they stayed at Mark Warner?

Why not?

But even if they didn't then unless they flew in just for that afternoon, they would have been staying somewhere for a week or more - walking around, eating out, shopping, talking to people etc. etc. I'm sure with their faces being in newspapers/media all over the world just a few months later that someone would have recognised them as the family they met/saw/spoke to the previous year in Portugal - or sat next to on the plane.

The McCanns have said they had never been to PdL before and KM had never been in Portugal before. Why tell a huge lie about something which could so easily be disproved. It makes no sense.

ps.
thankyou to the poster (I think it was Smoke'nmirrors) who explained about the passport.

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@Leafylane: re the video camera in your other post: the essential problem about the 'last photo' is that it wasn't on the camera. They apparently didn't have a video camera with them. Only one camera and allegedly the 'last photo'.
It was published after Gerry had been to the UK, some three weeks later.
Kate's memory contradicts the bright sunshine - it looks very hot. I've copied her account in a previous post.
Apricot coloured dress - not pink. It was rather cold and Maddie should have had a cardigan. That's not what the picture tells us.

by Guest 28.02.13 12:11

The McCs stayed at the OC resort until they moved to villa early July. By the time the last photo was published, the bougainvillea would have been in full bloom without doubt. The weather would meanwhile have improved too . If you get my drift ...

by saltnpepper 28.02.13 12:14

Tigger , when the pj & grime went to search the villa they took a video camera with them,which in turn recorded the bedside photo which included the last photo,from my first look on this thread i was convinced it was a different poolside photo with a girl with bob hairstyle after seeing a video posted on mm i have concluded its probably the same photo with Gerry & amelie shopped out...for what reason , i dont know? the video recording is blurry & at an angle not looking straight at the photo so would that scenario distort the bedside last photo? not sure if that makes sence

by **tigger** 28.02.13 14:25

saltnpepper wrote:Tigger , when the pj & grime went to search the villa they took a video camera with them,which in turn recorded the bedside photo which included the last photo,from my first look on this thread i was convinced it was a different poolside photo with a girl with bob hairstyle after seeing a video posted on mm i have concluded its probably the same photo with Gerry & amelie shopped out...for what reason , i dont know? the video recording is blurry & at an angle not looking straight at the photo so would that scenario distort the bedside last photo? not sure if that makes sence

Hi, I meant the McCanns didn't take a video camera with them on holiday - unless the facility for video was on the fairly simple camera they were using. The police certainly only checked one camera - hence a mere 150+ deleted photographs. The pool photo wasn't on it and iirc neither was the tennis photo.
Being the 'last' photograph taken by Kate (who can't get the details right in the book) it should have been on there.

I know the search of the villa was filmed by the PJ. I agree with you now, the explanation on MM is excellent - a higher resolution film would have shown it immediately. So one complication less in that photo and we can't all be right all of the time. The question marks on the other points remain though - still don't like that neck of Maddie there either. Ain't right. The little-lamented C.Edwards did us a favour posting those high resolution shots.

by Spaniel 28.02.13 14:50

tigger wrote:
saltnpepper wrote:Tigger , when the pj & grime went to search the villa they took a video camera with them,which in turn recorded the bedside photo which included the last photo,from my first look on this thread i was convinced it was a different poolside photo with a girl with bob hairstyle after seeing a video posted on mm i have concluded its probably the same photo with Gerry & amelie shopped out...for what reason , i dont know? the video recording is blurry & at an angle not looking straight at the photo so would that scenario distort the bedside last photo? not sure if that makes sence

Hi, I meant the McCanns didn't take a video camera with them on holiday - unless the facility for video was on the fairly simple camera they were using. The police certainly only checked one camera - hence a mere 150+ deleted photographs. The pool photo wasn't on it and iirc neither was the tennis photo.
Being the 'last' photograph taken by Kate (who can't get the details right in the book) it should have been on there.

I know the search of the villa was filmed by the PJ. I agree with you now, the explanation on MM is excellent - a higher resolution film would have shown it immediately. So one complication less in that photo and we can't all be right all of the time. The question marks on the other points remain though - still don't like that neck of Maddie there either. Ain't right. The little-lamented C.Edwards did us a favour posting those high resolution shots.

Agree it was a good explanation, however I still see differing folds in the fabric and bare shoulders and I wasn't the only one to notice them.

by plebgate 28.02.13 17:48

Tigger I took a look at the photo yesterday after reading your comment about Maddie's neck. I didn't think it looked right somehow. Looked very wide imo for a little girl's neck.

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