All the blogosphere is wacked out over a couple of poorly done “doctored” photos showing Beirut all smoky. Curiously the original photo shown here is actually fine as-is. What is the guy thinking to do a crappy Photoshop job like this. So how about an open competition as to who can do the best fake pic from this photo.

Here is the original.

Here’s his crappy fake.

Here’s a more aggressive attempt at a fake. Let’s see if the editors are fooled!

Here’s the way I’d do it.

Here’s the way John S. Dvorak [numlock] would do it.

Your turn. All ideas welcome.