Is a photo taken of a public figure, on public land by a public official public domain?

[Manny A Kounts]

White House Warns: Don't Photoshop Obama Gun Pic
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/...ma-Gun-Pic

Hilarity ensues as Twitter users caption and Photoshop Obama’s shooting photo
http://twitchy.com/2013/02/02/hilarity-e...ing-photo/
Willwheaton - I gotta job, today is Sunday who works on Sunday? Due to fact you don't know what day of the week it's is, proves you don't have a job.
jaker - can you back up your claim?

[jaker]

Yes. The picture was photoshopped before it was released. NO modern shotgun discharges smoke like that. Talk about blowing smoke!!

[Toughpear970]

It's just the freedom loving free thinking liberals trying to suppress our First Amendment rights again.

[Vince]

It was a staged photo-op.

1.) No one uses a ported barrel to shoot skeet.
2.) No one braces their discharging weapon using their face.
3.) His line of sight is so low that he was either using the horizon as his guide or he waited so long for the plate to drop that missed the shot altogether.

[Willwheaton]

this is what you are upset about?
get a job.

[Vito1964]

No, it's not. Photos are intellectual property. Someone can't take a photo you took and use it to make money for themselves.

You can photoshop it all you want for the purpose of satire, critique, or anything else that falls under the category of fair use.