Egilman wrote:
Jeff Sharp wrote:
Hi Timmy, I did not claim it to be 5-D. I said "Nothing here gives any indication of any other color than 5-D here." Please don't twist my words.
EG, if you have David Doyle's book "USS Arizona" Squadron At Sea, go to page 113. He has the exact photo you just posted. Notice how much darker the paint is in his photo compared to yours.
Yes I have his book, I have also read one of the forums where he was explaining his editing of that shot into what his opinion of what it should be based upon the rust colors.......
His pics are heavily edited to support his argument.... therefore very unconvincing to me....
His pics show the blue edited to appear black.... Photoshop can do wonderous things to pics, make them appear anyway you like....
My copies are not edited.... (and I absolutely refuse to edit them, my expert friends in photo retouching say Mr Doyle's pics are not realistic given the pics he started with)
If I can find the link to the online discussion I'll post it. Mr Doyle is on the grey/black side of the argument and has been since the beginning of the controversy... guess what? so was I until I learned a few things here....
Respectfully, Egilman clearly has me confused with someone else, because I have never made any of the statements attributed to me above. This no doubt is why there has been no link posted to the statements attributed to me above.
I have not taken a position, either in the book or on a forum, as to the color of ARIZONA on 7 December. That is because I have not found enough documentation to feel I could reach an informed conclusion.
Further, I did not edit the photos in any manner (and certainly not to support a position - since my position is "I don't know.")
Any editing of the photos was done by either Getty or Life (I don't recall the licensor) - or the then-photo editor at Squadron, whose credentials in this area were beyond reproach. Neither party would be attempting to support any position.
Ultimately, this leads me to believe that Egilman has confused my book with another, or me with another author, or perhaps someone who was using the images in my book to support their own position.
Sorry to be coming into this late - but someone just pointed the above out to me asking me to justify the above positions falsely attributed to me.
Best wishes,
David Doyle
http://www.DavidDoyleBooks.com