June 15, 2008 11:30pm Very nice retouch work, including those often neglected armpits. I don't think this looks overdone at all, and if I did not see the original, I would not guess it was altered. But save time and hire models who tan naked.
June 15, 2008 11:16pm I tend to be a realist so I prefer the original over the one with the Barbie Doll skin. I guess if I was to shoot for Maxim or some such publication then I would have to hire a PS expert to make the fake skin look in anything I shot but, personally, I prefer real.