"Just because you can doesn't mean you should" - Photoshop gone wild.

At breakfast I used to indignantly point out to the kids how fake the milk looked on the cereal boxes, how huge and surreally red and perfect the strawberries were and how improbably they rested on the surface of the supposed liquid that was carefully lapping up around huge, perfect, individual flakes ... I explained to them about Photoshop and formulated one of my most beloved mantras:


JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD.

The New York Times, in an article about people learning how to erase any unwanted spouses from photos, pointed us this morning to Photoshop Disasters, you'll be enchanted. A few samples: