MIA Elbow



Okay, is this cover of Russian Vogue a Photoshop disaster or is the model's elbow just hidden by a strange camera angle? You can leave your choice in a poll at Photoshop Disasters, or in the comments. One commenter theorized that the elbow is fine, just hanging by her side, but "Thing" from The Addams Family turned up in the photo! Link -via Buzzfeed

It should be noted (and was by blocky already, but I'm going to say it again anyway): these are TWO DIFFERENT ARMS you're looking at. Check out the thumb on her hand -- it's not from her left arm, which is what your brain wants to imagine.
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I've replicated the shot without photoshop or any other tricjery. The significant point when trying this is to note where the model's fingers are relative to the back of her neck.
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You could do a similar shot without photoshop, but in this particular case it was very likely photoshop. The reason you can tell is by looking at the angle of her forearm relative to the back of her head. While it's possibly an optical illusion, the forearm appears to be lying flat on the back of her head. That means the elbow and upper arm should be projecting away perpendicular to the back of her head, not angling away to be hidden behind her, which would be almost parallel.

The be hidden behind her, the forearm would have to be almost parallel with the side of her head, with the wrist pointed almost directly at the camera. It's very clear that's not happening here, unless some bad photoshopping around the wrist is changing the apparent angle of the forearm (i.e. the photoshop failure may not be the assumed one). My best guess was that the red fabric of the dress obscured the first letters of the magazine title, so the removed it.
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