Thursday, January 3, 2008

How Tiny is Your Speedo #4

Oh, Those Photoshop-ping Bloggers ...!

The tiny speedo fanatics are at it again.

Two photos just posted on Joe Janis' Mensuas Swimwear and Underwear Blog here on Blogger reminded me that I had posted comparisons on November 27 of swimmer pix that had been modified to make the swimsuits tinier. Joe' s latest post provides us with two more wonderful examples of tiny speedo obsessiveness. Thank you anonymous retouch artists (and thank you, Joe).

Here are the befores and afters.

The first photo of a Cal (UC Berkeley) waterpolo player was probably (I wouldn't guarantee it though) taken by CulverPC. He posts his professional sports photos on Flickr.





This second photo was taken by Finneye for Outsports.com at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Helsinki, Finland, in December 2006.





Of course, it doesn't seem even possible that the swimmer on the left (in the photo above) could have really been wearing such a miniscule string bikini at an international swim meet, but take a look at the one he was actually wearing in the real (first) photo. It wasn't so much larger than the retouched speedo at that.

Just imagine what they might be wearing at swim meets in another 10 years....

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