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In question:
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives...222_1471.shtml

Wimbledon:
http://ktransit.com/transit/unitedki...district01.jpg

Sorry, but every instinct is telling me that the first photo is a
composite.
The lighting is variable, the bridge at the top looks just awful and
what no
one seems to have commented on is the grey boxes off the platforms.
These
are LUL double red light "end of line" markers (seen in front of the
train
in the second photo). All three of these end-of-line markers are facing
to
the right, making all of the platform to the left of them redundant.
This
means it is definitely not Wimbledon or Richmond because the end-of-line
markers are under the canopies at both these locations - plus, without
going
to find Quail, I'm pretty sure that neither of those stations has three
terminating LUL lines. Also note that despite the end-of-line markers,
the
yellow lines on the platform continue beyond them. Note in the second
photo
that this does not happen.

I'd bet money on the first photo being a composite. I've made enough
composites myself in the past to recognise the slightly unreal quality
they
have.

I certainly think some editing has gone on, but the end of line markers
are in the correct spot and facing the correct way. Don't forget that
there is normally a lengthy overrun at terminating platforms, beyond
the stop lights. These stop lights are under the canopy here and
Wimbledon has four terminating District Line platforms (1-4). We can
see both the actual platform surfaces for these lines, with Platform 1
being the most distant. Entrance to the platforms is to the left of the
picture.

Browsing the website further reveals:

http://ktransit.com/transit/unitedki...district03.jpg

This shows a somewhat wider view of Wimbledon station which explains some of
the features of what I am still certain is a composite photo:

The girders at the top - The white section is the front of the canopy for
platform 2, the brown section is the inside edge of the canopy for platform
1. I think the main reason that the girders at the top look so fake is that
there is very little to associate them with the rest of the photo. Looking
at the construction of the canopyn the other pictures, though, it would seem
that a support stantion is just a little off the right edge of composite
photo (the dip in the canopy at the right hand side is the clue - the
canopies dip down level with the stantion, but due to parallaxing, the
stantion is just off the edge of the photo).

There's no question that the wall is the Wimbledon wall - the features of
the brickwork and concrete are identical between photos, though the
graffitti has increased for the composite. I'd also say the platforms are
the same, though curiously in lon-hr-district03.jpg it is clearly shown that
the yellow lines stop adjacent to the marker lights. Perhaps a more recent
repaint has adjusted this.

However, I am certain that the old couple are a later addition. The source
of light is completely different on the couple (front, right) to how it is
on the marker lights (above left, behind). They are also rather diminutive.
In the other photos, the marker lights are shown to be about the size of an
outstretched humand hand. In the composite, even the lights behind the old
couple are larger than their heads! So look at lon-hr-district03.jpg again.
The single person on the platform, whose stature is admittedly unkown, shows
the bench to be rather squat - the top of the back no higher than about the
level of the rear-end. Sitting on the bench, therefore would hardly allow it
to reach shoulder height as shown with the old couple. As for the vending
machine, hard to say for certain. The angle of light is possibly different,
but the front of the machine is also presumably a type of clear plastic - it
does at least cast a consistent shadow, unlike the old couple who somehow
have managed to position their feet such that a shadow is cast on either
side.

It's light and shade that do the damage on composites - no matter how hard
you try, it's virtually impossible to make a fully realistic composite that
doesn't at least set of some kind of warning in the brain. I spent a few
hours on:

http://www.blugman.freeserve.co.uk/rush_eastleighke.jpg
Sources:
http://www.blugman.freeserve.co.uk/rush1.jpg
http://www.blugman.freeserve.co.uk/rush2.jpg

Note that it is the shading of the bridge rather than the recolouring that
distracts the attention.

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