Hi jfb,
Yes people often cite that photo as proof of hoax. I am not one of them. Yes he is lit up in the shadow and there is a glare of the back of his boot. But I think there are (at least) plausible non hoax reasons for that.
Excellent. However, you made this statement in another thread:
As I have pointed out in the past, I believe the visuals, ie photos and films were faked. I am confident in my mind they were faked (and I am pretty certain of who some of the individuals that were involved).
That statement implies you believe
all the imagery was faked. If that's not the case, then it would help to know which images you think are genuine and which are not. It would save the rest of us the time and effort of digging up images and asking "what about
this one?"
So, can you provide an example of an image (just one) that
you believe is faked, and what it is about
that specific image that leads you to believe it was faked? Not
who faked it, or
why they faked it, just why
that image can not be genuine. It will also help to specify the source of that image - more than one HB has retouched or composited genuine images to make them
appear to be fakes.
For clarity's sake, let's assume "fake" simply means "not shot on the Moon" - it could mean the photo was retouched (to hide wires or stands or similar), or is a composite of elements from different images, or was shot on a soundstage, etc.