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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Photography Discussion => Topic started by: cathyslife on June 17, 2010, 07:13

Title: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: cathyslife on June 17, 2010, 07:13
Saw this on yahoo:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Lance-Armstrong-rips-magazine-for-altered-cover?urn=top,248976 (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Lance-Armstrong-rips-magazine-for-altered-cover?urn=top,248976)

What's really funny is in the article, they comment about the poor photoshop job, because the top period on the shirt isn't square and looks like a rhombus. Huh? The folds of the shirt would make it not be square. But as a commenter pointed out below the image, his head looks too big for his body. Camera angles sometimes do weird stuff like that though.
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: gostwyck on June 17, 2010, 07:36
But as a commenter pointed out below the image, his head looks too big for his body. Camera angles sometimes do weird stuff like that though.

Pro cyclists often have bizzarely under-developed upper bodies on top of their massive legs. It's about the need to minimise unnecessary weight when climbing. Of course Armstrong is leaning forward and it looks like a wide-angle lens was used too __ probably deliberately done to create the effect. Very silly editing though.
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: Xalanx on June 17, 2010, 07:55
wow, that's some head there!
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: donding on June 17, 2010, 13:36
Jeez he looks like he's got anorexia.
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: PeterChigmaroff on June 17, 2010, 14:54
Jeez he looks like he's got anorexia.

That's funny.  No actually the baseline for weight has shifted so dramatically towards the obese that anyone of normal weight looks anorexic. Pudgy is the new normal.
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: stockastic on June 17, 2010, 16:33
Why would a name magazine pull a high-school stunt like that?  The so-called "editor" must be an ignorant punk with no knowledge of journalism, no concept of ethics, and an event horizon of 2 weeks.   Totally and inexcusably lame. 
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: RacePhoto on June 21, 2010, 22:52
Why would a name magazine pull a high-school stunt like that?  The so-called "editor" must be an ignorant punk with no knowledge of journalism, no concept of ethics, and an event horizon of 2 weeks.   Totally and inexcusably lame. 

Not my argument but some consider the cover to be marketing, to attract attention on the news stand, while the insides are editorial.

Hey, look at the free hits and publicity the Mag. got for creating and using this cover shot.  ???

I think someone is being a bit picky when you witness all the airbrushing, cloning and trimming that covers generally get for the news stand. Consider any issue of Cosmo for starters. Then the instances of body doubles and head pasting? This is not unusual and is very minor.
Title: Re: Digitally Altered Lance
Post by: Phil on June 21, 2010, 23:49
Why would a name magazine pull a high-school stunt like that?  The so-called "editor" must be an ignorant punk with no knowledge of journalism, no concept of ethics, and an event horizon of 2 weeks.   Totally and inexcusably lame. 

Not my argument but some consider the cover to be marketing, to attract attention on the news stand, while the insides are editorial.

Hey, look at the free hits and publicity the Mag. got for creating and using this cover shot.  ???

I think someone is being a bit picky when you witness all the airbrushing, cloning and trimming that covers generally get for the news stand. Consider any issue of Cosmo for starters. Then the instances of body doubles and head pasting? This is not unusual and is very minor.

seems very minor to me and I've seen a lot worse photoshop jobs they've at least tried to get some lighting on the slogan/ t-shirt. grab a really wide lens (17mm etc) on ff camera and you could have a nice big head like that :)