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This is likely photoshopped. This is what I got when I ran it through[0]

https://i2.uploadit.ga/img/1476562202.jpg

That looks suspiciously like someone edited at least the text into the picture.

[0] https://github.com/sentenza/GIMP-ELA

EDIT: Different picture, same story: https://i3.uploadit.ga/img/1476564394.jpg

Definitely shopped in. At least the text.

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I'm not an expert. Can you explain why those links indicate it is photo shopped? Is it the bright lines... So the cars are shopped as well?

Image data takes on noise/damage when it's compressed, during things like saving and uploading to the web. When you turn that noise way up, it should be even overall. When it's wildly mismatched, it indicates pieces have been chopped in, like when a crappy voiceover has a word that's obviously wrong.

Note the sharp difference surrounding the in-focus drone's text, compared to the background drones, whose signs have a much higher level of consistency across the pages they're carrying.

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