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That viral Selena Gomez paparazzi shot from last Tuesday got me looking twice
I saw this photo of Selena Gomez leaving a studio in LA, and everyone's saying she's got a new face. But then I found out from a facial recognition blog that the lighting and a 50mm lens can change cheek shadows by 15% or more. So is it really a new procedure or just bad paparazzi setup? Kinda curious if anyone else has seen that same debate over lens distortion in celeb shots.
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the_eric3mo ago
Pretty sure angles and lighting trick us way more often than surgery does in regular life too.
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danielm803mo ago
Wait, does the focal length thing really change the shadows that much or is that blog just trying to sound smart... I mean, I've seen those side-by-side comparisons online where the same person looks totally different just from the camera angle and lighting setup. But 15% seems like a very specific number they pulled out of thin air, honestly. What kind of source were they even citing for that stat?
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