Courtesy of my friend, Souvir, here is a site full of amazing digital images. I know "amazing" gets thrown around way too much these days, but take a look at this somewhat disturbing image and tell me that you're not impressed.

A Very Enlightening Web Site

Like so many other great sites, I found this one by accident, while searching for something completely different. It is a site for a company called FluidEffect, which specializes in photographic retouching, site design, etc.:

http://www.fluideffect.com/

Go to this URL. Click on the Portfolio link. Agree to their site terms and choose "Before and After." Choose any of the thumbnails, which will show the "after" part. If you want to see the "before" image, click and hold the "before" link (it's in tiny type above the thumbnails).

The results are startling. I always knew that magazine photos, especially those of celebrities, were touched up, but until I saw the before and after, I really didn't know just how much.