Guess Which Photo Was Retouched
One of 'em received some obviously remarkable Photoshop work. But I ain't givin' away the answer just yet.
Type your answer in the Comments area ("A" if you think the photo on the left was retouched, and "B" if you're figuring it was the one on the right) -- and be sure to subscribe to the Comment Feed.
3/21/08 UPDATE: You'll find the answer in Comments.
A. It's just too perfect. Or perhaps I've taken the bait.
Posted by: Pete | March 15, 2008 at 01:45 AM
I have spent time last night and again today trying to figure this out. If I had never seen the video of Aviary converting a picture of Hillary Clinton into a lizard based alien (see video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlkAR9zNmaU ) I would have selected A. But, since I saw the Aviary demo, I am going to say B.
Posted by: David Gerbino | March 15, 2008 at 04:24 PM
A.
Older lady is the original. I'm correct. No need to post the answer.
If I'm wrong, I'll eat my mouse.
Posted by: Chuck Nyren | March 20, 2008 at 04:27 AM
"B" (the photo of the woman on the right) was seriously retouched. That's right, the older woman doesn't really exist. She was created by the amazing photo retoucher Amy Dresser.
Peter: You did indeed take the bait.
David: It seems Aviary aficionados have an unfair advantage.
Chuck: Please don't do anything risky with that mouse.
Here's a link with more information: http://cg-pixel.com/photo-retouching.html
I originally found this on http://www.hemmy.net
Posted by: Robert Rosenthal | March 21, 2008 at 03:49 PM
Googled Amy Dresser:
http://www.amydresser.com/beauty.html
You're wrong.
Don't believe everything you read (or see) on the web.
Posted by: Chuck Nyren | March 21, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Chuck: Nice research job. I went to the site. I think you may be right, but just to be sure, I emailed Amy and asked her to add a comment. Now we wait.
Posted by: Robert Rosenthal | March 21, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I'm just glad you told me that I didn't have to eat my mouse. Because if I had, I wouldn't've been able to 'mouse over' the image for the correct answer ...
Posted by: Chuck Nyren | March 21, 2008 at 10:44 PM
I received this email message today from Amy Dresser:
The photo of the older looking woman is the original.
I apologize for the error. Chuck: Thank you for doing the digging I should have done before publishing the post after reading those blogs.
Posted by: Robert Rosenthal | March 22, 2008 at 04:12 PM
You can't fool Mother Nature.
Or Chuck.
Posted by: Chuck Nyren | March 22, 2008 at 06:00 PM
A
Posted by: hfg | March 26, 2008 at 01:31 PM
"A" the photo on the left was retouched.
Posted by: Sachin Bajaj | June 30, 2008 at 05:24 AM