On topic: Superman did something somewhat similar, in 2011, where he renounced his U.S. citizenship. [0]
Off topic: Captain American? Editor needs to be spoken to in very serious tones for letting that one slide through (it's Captain America, no 'n'). And if it turns out the pictures are photoshopped, then this feels way more like some kind of satire to me than honest reporting.
[0] http://newsok.com/superman-announces-plans-to-renounce-u.s.-...
The reason some of the photos look unnatural is because the photographer used fill flash [1]. Her crime was not putting a colored filter over the flash to match its color to the ambient light, so the bluish light from the flash stands out as wrong.
[1] http://strobist.blogspot.tw/2006/03/lighting-101-balancing-f...
Ok, I applaud the spirit of this, but the execution is lacking. All I have to say to this guy is, do you even lift bro?
I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen?
Photos -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/sikhcaptain/works/10813204-c...