When does retouching a photo go too far?

[morea]

A friend of mine sent me this link... damn, no wonder real women never look like the girls in the magazines! /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/lol.gif

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[D-Zine]

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'No more yanky my wanky! The donga need food!!' - heh

[uncle carbunkle]

i just want to figure out how to take a 'beauty' filter and put it into a pair of glasses (reading glasses, not beer glasses). that'd help me out a bunch.

::Don't call me Foreman, for I am your Boss::

[morea]

if someone could develop such a thing, they would rule the world!

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Silence04]

or have sex with really ugly people...

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[morea]

ah... good point!

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Ulysses]

Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder ... don't you just need to take your eyes out?

[Ulysses]

How are you today morea, by the way?

[morea]

well, I actually had a pretty good night's sleep so I am feeling a little better. So long as I keep up on my meds I don't feel too bad. Thank you for asking! /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/biggrin.gif

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Ulysses]

Nice to see you skimpering around the forum, with a smile on.

[morea]

it's good to be here... and even being slightly under the weather, Fridays are still a happy time!

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[paulrandfan]

Has anyone ever watched that show 'America's Next Top Model' In it in every season, they have a segment in which the girls are supposed to do a photo shoot, without makeup, and then they are graded on how much 'touch up' work needs to be done. These touch ups included changing the girls bone structure.

'I'm sorry dear, but your bone structure wasn't right for the shot, Grade F!'

No wonder girls in this country obsess about their looks and not their education or inner worth.

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[morea]

presactly!

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[DivineDesign]

i feel 10 times prettier today all of a sudden...lol

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Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists.... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence.

[Ulysses]

Women look best when they wake up in the morning, in my opinion.

[D-Zine]

I'm with DD...lol

'No more yanky my wanky! The donga need food!!' - heh

[Tyger]

wow, that's scary!

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[DivineDesign]

ya know whats funny...is my bf says that i always look my best when i wake up......

makes me think why did i waste all that time trying to get primped up??? ;)

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Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists.... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first has been lost. That is what I imagine love to be: incompleteness in absence.

[Ulysses]

There is something about a woman's aura when she wakes up. All that makeup and baggage, is just that. That is why all the beatiful women don't wear makeup ... they don't need it. Plus, us guys find women more sexy when they wake up, because it means we've had a bit of ... well ... you know.

[morea]

sleep? /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/blink.gif

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Ulysses]

Awww ... bless your innocent heart, morea. No. that isn't what I meant. More ... grrrarr than zzzzz.

[D-Zine]

ROFLMFAO @ Ulysses!!!

I don't wear much make up AT ALL...a little on the eyes but thats it really. Does that mean I'm beee u ti fullll?? /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/lol.gif

'No more yanky my wanky! The donga need food!!' - heh

[morea]

I think you're beautiful DZ. I don't wear makeup lately, but it's because I'm in too much of a rush to get out of the house in the morning, not because I am unconcerned about my appearance! /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/lol.gif

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Ulysses]

D-Zine ... as a GDF member, you're beauty is assured.

[D-Zine]

ty ty morea and Ulysses /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif

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[Tyger]

you know it's funny...when i was dating my wife, she got sick and was in the hospital a few days...i saw her for who she was and knew that she was the one. No make up and a hospital nighty, she still looked beautiful to me. /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/wub.gif

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[morea]

aw, that's so sweet tyger!

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Ulysses]

Hospital nighty probably did it, Tyger, lol.

[D-Zine]

Awee that is sweet Tyger...

LMAO @ Ulysses!

'No more yanky my wanky! The donga need food!!' - heh

[Tyger]

LMAO! you read right through me bro! /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/devil.gif

nah, in all seriousness it was a challenging time for her health wise and we were relatively new dating. There was alot going on in both o our lives and afterwards we both shared stories on how those few days were turning points for both of us.

Although the nighty was a nice hook! /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

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[Ulysses]

When you really love someone, I guess you realise you love them for the best AND worst. Glad you both made it through as stronger people, by sticking together.

[Tyger]

preach it bro!

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[Kool]

I never wear makeup either /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/cool.gif

Sound advice I recieved from my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter:

'Grandpa, don't eat the popcorn bones'

[shellebelle]

Neither do I.

I want a refund. My life didn't come with an owner's manual.

[morea]

so: dzine, myself, Kool and shellebelle are all be-YOU-tee-ful! /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/biggrin.gif

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[Ulysses]

I don't wear makeup either.

[morea]

hey Ulysses, why aren't YOU in names to faces yet?

We are one, our cause us one, and we must help each other if we are to succeed. ~ Frederick Douglass

[D-Zine]

Yeah! huh!

LOL

'No more yanky my wanky! The donga need food!!' - heh

[Ulysses]

Hahaha ... waiting to grow the beard ladies ... waiting to grow the beard.

[morea]

No wonder girls in this country obsess about their looks and not their education or inner worth.

No kidding.

[shellebelle]

Thanks for bumping this up Morea, I was looking for it recently.

In my Photo II class last semester a student brought in a picture she had taken of a nude runner in San Francisco. After the appropriate censors had been placed, we cleaned him up in Photoshop. Gave him a flat tummy, took away his double chin, gave him a tan, etc. I just sent this to the instructor, he'll get a kick out of it.

I affectionately refer to the liquify filter as the Jenny Craig Filter now.

[morea]

lol

[Allen Harkleroad]

I prefer natural bueaty over makeup pretty any day. We all have our flaws and blemishes but that is what makes each of us unique and often the true beauty of a person is inside (heart and soul). True beauty cannot be seen with the eyes. ;)

My little bit of wisdom for you today.

Allen

[morea]

well said Allen. You are wonderful! :)

[uncle carbunkle]

personally, touching is fine...retouching is good, too. depends on the toucher, i guess. :D

[Russian girl]

I don't think make up changes a lot. I mean if you're ugly, make up is not able to make you be beautiful. And if you're pretty you'll stay pretty without any make up either.

But i can't understand girls who have a real "make up"| obsession. I have a friend who's not going outside without make up at all! Damn...I feel sorry for her.

[shellebelle]

We all have our flaws and blemishes but that is what makes each of us unique and often the true beauty of a person is inside (heart and soul). True beauty cannot be seen with the eyes. ;)

Yay for the non-makeup wearing among us!

[D-Zine]

Aweee Allen is great, isn't he ;)