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One of the things I love (can't stand) about the internet is how people have become so paranoid about looking gauche, unsavvy or unwordly that they immediately label even the most triflingly unusual photographs/videos as "fake".
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On the contrary, I feel people should be about ten times more skeptical and that it's crazy what they actually fall for. See, for example, the "whale landing on kayak" vid on YouTube. Idiot spammers post it with their own login, 10 000 other idiots post "OMG!" posts, some skeptic comes along and points out it's "fake" (read: taken from a commercial, not that they would know), and another idiot goes "oh, ****, found out, guess I'd better repost it somewhere else, then!".
Look at all the silly irrationality people fall for from
GW deniers,
psychics,
fundies,
alternative medicine, homeopaths, etc. Have a run through
Snopes and check out what people actually believe.
A "Philosophy 101" course should be mandatory for all High School students.
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It goes without saying that those pictures are obviously real, and anyone who can't tell that at first sight needs to ease up with the Photoshop paranoia.
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You say they're "obviously real", and post as evidence a site that simply reproduces them and offers no evidence?