Conspirator's Portraits

[Pamela]

Maybe someone has some answers--I've been puzzling over a few details in Mary's photos. If "pretty" Mary is the result of loss of detail due to generations of copying, why is there detail added to the fingers on her left hand? What happened to all the damage/dust from Dave's original photo? Why is the light on her shoulders and top of bust dramatically lighter in "pretty" Mary? Why is the shadow next to her Bible so much darker so that the folds of her dress disappear and the decorative swirls and cross on her Bible altered? Why are her earrings more visible and in better repair in "pretty" Mary? What happened to the scratch along her left cheekbone? It's not there in "pretty" Mary.

If you do a screen capture of the two photos of young Mary, you can enlarge them to the point of pixelating in a photo or paint program. When you compare them side by side, as I have done, you will see many differences. Pretty Mary--Eyes altered, irises and pupils made distinct, highlights added, eyebags and shadows gone and "eyeliner" added to each upper eyelid. The tip of her nose and her columella has a different, narrower shape. The scratch across her chin is gone. There are other changes. IMO.