John, Answers after quotes:
> > This is JUST MY OPINION, but possibly the artist isn't very good at > drawing hands. > Not even a consideration at this level of his profession. > And the stamp image is squeezed horizontally. Try downloading both the > photo & the stamp image and layering the stamp over the photo at 50% > opacity. Scale the stamp image until the two faces are the same "size". > Didn't you follow ~any~ of the links I posted? It's no wonder your side of the discussion is out of synch, you repeatedly "raise" matters that I've previously dealt with. FYI I already did what you suggested, and put the result up for the list to see. Look back in the thread if you want the link. The difference in crop between the two pictures is insignificant for the purpose of the stamp design, and wouldn't have justified a hand transplant. > > You'll still have to stretch the stamp image horizontally to make the > two faces match up. > No you wouldn't. You're just guessing, aren't you? Just a reminder, early in this discussion you dismissed totally even the existence of a Bette Davis photo that resembled the stamp, claiming that the stamp was an elaborate montage of individual elements. You're not pissy , are you, that not only did I find the source image you claimed didn't exist, and prove it with the overlay that you're only now suggesting I try, but I did all that ~before~ your claim that there was no picture? Are you? Show me evidence if you make a claim, please. Just like I've done. It's all in the thread. >From now on, for the sake of the rest of the list's tolerance, I'd prefer to discuss just evidence and examples that are pointed to. Form an opinion about that, but don't insult me by making up opinion out of the ether and expecting me to swallow it. Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > Sent: Monday, 20 October 2008 12:27 PM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: RE: OT - Govt Agency doctors photograph to sanitize history > > From: Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Occam's Razor be damned, the painter, like any other artist, has the > >> > right to paint however he or she sees fit, interpreting an original > >> > literally and exactly or not. > >> > > > > > I can't agree more, that it's the artist's privilege. It's his medium after > > all. > > > > My lingering doubt arises because, if the "Bette Davis Speaks" version of > > the picture is the true depiction with no smoke, then why on earth would the > > stamp artist depict, from his creative mind, a hand that looks to be holding > > a deleted cigarette? Why create conspiracy where it doesn't exist? Occam's > > Razor needs an answer. > > This is JUST MY OPINION, but possibly the artist isn't very good at > drawing hands. > > And the stamp image is squeezed horizontally. Try downloading both the > photo & the stamp image and layering the stamp over the photo at 50% > opacity. Scale the stamp image until the two faces are the same "size". > > You'll still have to stretch the stamp image horizontally to make the > two faces match up. > > After you do, the hands are dis-proportionate. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
