tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post8146216974646385148..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: Careful with that wand, photoshoppers.Fran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-87151789166765684922009-08-04T23:32:01.718-05:002009-08-04T23:32:01.718-05:00I'd rather look at close-up pictures of you. ...I'd rather look at close-up pictures of you. Big brains and big eyes are the best!Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635610912407767554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-33068602404358677502009-04-07T14:33:00.000-05:002009-04-07T14:33:00.000-05:00OMG....Who photoshopped that?They need a gold star...OMG....<BR/><BR/>Who photoshopped that?<BR/><BR/>They need a gold star on their graphic artist head.<BR/><BR/>Malkin would Loooove to see her face on a major magazine.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, The Right Lunatic Wingnut Magazine does not exist.Cheyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744837681373675637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-17908853166027428442009-04-06T18:24:00.000-05:002009-04-06T18:24:00.000-05:00Michelle is not a beautiful woman, but she is a ve...Michelle is not a beautiful woman, but she is a very striking one, in my opinion.<BR/><BR/>But what's even nicer is that she's smart.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-89307529881995994272009-04-06T12:37:00.000-05:002009-04-06T12:37:00.000-05:00"It's just wrong to create more than is there." U...<I>"It's just wrong to create more than is there."</I> <BR/><BR/>Um, no, it's not. ;-) <BR/><BR/>Photographs <I>themselves</I> are a <I>creation</I> of more than what is there; they're a completely artificial 2-d flattening of 3-d reality. There are <I>no</I> "accurate" un-manipulated photographic images of reality; there are only various and relative standards held by different groups with various interests in what the images are intended to convey.<BR/><BR/>I used to be a crime scene photographer. Back then, all pictures were in black and white. When I pointed out to the DA that black and white film was a huge distortion, he said they didn't use color because it would "inflame the jury." Yeah; seeing a few quarts of the victim's red, coagulating blood on the floor would inflame them all right; better stick with the black and grey stuff.<BR/><BR/>As a photochopper, I start with the assumption there are no boundaries as to what I can do to, and with, images I bring together. I want to achieve a certain end and I do what it takes to get it. Let the buyer beware, 'cause if you're too obtuse to realize that, say, Michelle Bachmann didn't really go to Afghanistan as a "Foreign Correspondent," then you're just a rube that's been had, instead of an savvy person who's been amused. (http://tinyurl.com/cevw3l) <BR/><BR/>As for Michelle Obama, if you look <I>really</I> closely, you can actually see her right eye is <I>still</I> slightly less open than her left. (I know because I put her left eye over the right and saw the difference.) When she came to town during the campaign, I was 20' away and took over 280 pictures of her. Less than <I>five</I> showed her eyes to be evenly open. But— it is possible to take one where it isn't noticeable.<BR/><BR/>Today, all of us, especially children, need a new level of sophistication in our viewing experience; we must assume ANY image has most likely been manipulated— <I>beyond</I> the initial manipulation of making a 2D image out of some three dimensional event in the first place.Michael Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966652190979739751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-75737565717245498382009-04-05T15:58:00.000-05:002009-04-05T15:58:00.000-05:00Hey! Where did you get next month's copy of Guns ...Hey! Where did you get next month's copy of <I>Guns & Ammo</I>?<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>TengrainTengrainhttp://mockpaperscissors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-70612249709342518132009-04-05T14:13:00.000-05:002009-04-05T14:13:00.000-05:00And dontcha love the irony of the headline: "the *...And dontcha love the irony of the headline: "the *real* Michelle Obama"?<BR/><BR/>It's weird how, by creating an unnatural symmetry, you can make a person look like an alien.Sungoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153155221248240952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-55474048851878508562009-04-05T14:08:00.000-05:002009-04-05T14:08:00.000-05:00There's a fine line between airbrushing minor flaw...There's a fine line between airbrushing minor flaws for print and outright image manipulation. <BR/><BR/>That said, it happens a lot in the trade, from what I have gathered since embarking on my little program of self-amusement via pictorial recontextualization. <BR/><BR/>Most unfortunate that those who prefer to gloss over the minor 'imperfections' that create unique character in the human face and figure feel that they are doing a favor for their buying public by doing so.darkblackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584075324283109495noreply@blogger.com