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Saturday, March 25, 2023
Drawn in?
I found this photo of Mr. Kozak on a not very well curated eBay page. There was no indication as to the photographer or whether the posing strap was drawn in. It looks early in his modeling career.
Drawn in!, All the posing pouch is uniformly black. While there is an illumination gradient at the hips. The shadows falling on the right leg are also retouched. You can see easily that the pouch shadow edge falling on the right leg is sharp while the right leg edge is blurred, the pouch "shadowing" process went over the real right leg edge. Look carefully, and see that the left leg shadow edge falling on the right leg is a straight line. Finally, up to the groin and just below the pouch, where the combine leg+pouch shadows should be darker, is less darker than any of them There, the shadow has the same gray tone as a triangle between the pouch and the left leg shadows. That was the original shadow grey tone. That was done to occult the "shadow" loved by some of the page regulars. It is a pity, to quote a well known ad: "A beautiful naked man is forever.."
Thanks for answering the question and providing the detailed analysis. It's the first instance in my experience of a proven effort to hide even the shadow of a penis. I can't say I'm surprised, however, and there are likely many more cases of this than we know.
Drawn in!,
ReplyDeleteAll the posing pouch is uniformly black. While there is an illumination gradient at the hips.
The shadows falling on the right leg are also retouched.
You can see easily that the pouch shadow edge falling on the right leg is sharp while the right leg edge is blurred, the pouch "shadowing" process went over the real right leg edge.
Look carefully, and see that the left leg shadow edge falling on the right leg is a straight line.
Finally, up to the groin and just below the pouch, where the combine leg+pouch shadows should be darker, is less darker than any of them
There, the shadow has the same gray tone as a triangle between the pouch and the left leg shadows. That was the original shadow grey tone.
That was done to occult the "shadow" loved by some of the page regulars.
It is a pity, to quote a well known ad: "A beautiful naked man is forever.."
Thanks for answering the question and providing the detailed analysis. It's the first instance in my experience of a proven effort to hide even the shadow of a penis. I can't say I'm surprised, however, and there are likely many more cases of this than we know.
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