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1. Against. The lighting of Jesus's face doesn't fit in with the rest of the picture; there are weird white bits around the edge of his face. Also just adding Jesus's face to an image does not automagically make it funny. -- The Zombiebaron 21:00, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

   The white bits are because of Jesus's holiness. Really, it was really hard to remove all the white parts and not remove too much of Jesus's hair. Also, is adding shark parts to a picture of baby Jesus automagically funny then? —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 21:10, 28 October 2010

   Perhaps if you had trouble removing the white bits from Jesus's hair you should have used a different source image. Or you could try using that tool in GIMP/Photoshop that makes things darker (I forget what it's called). I don't really want to get into a debate with you about the finer points of what I do and do not find funny, Socky, but let's just say that I've seen 200 images get nominated on VFP where all somebody did was add Jesus's face to an otherwise unfunny image. At least adding shark parts to a baby has never been done before. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion. -- The Zombiebaron 21:41, October 28, 2010 (UTC)

   You know, you can also make a new layer for just the outer hair (and remove the same hair entirely on the other) and tell it to darken only... that'll get rid of the white bits, too. ~ *shifty eyes* (talk) (stalk) -- 20101028 - 21:49 (UTC)

   Lyrithya: At the time, I wasn't really worrying about getting every detail just right. I was just trying to make a decent enough image. But if you or Zombiebaron want to improve my image, by all means, go ahead.

   Zombiebaron: I was looking for a picture of "Christ the King", so it'd include a crown and make Jesus look royal and stuff, which would undoubtedly include shininess around his head. I found a nice head and didn't really worry too much about the white bits. Also, I'm not that familiar with the whole range of tools available in GIMP. I agree that putting Jesus's head on top of animals isn't exactly the most original concept. While doing the reverse might be more original, I wouldn't say it's that much of a difference. I've seen many images of Jesus with a raptor head and at least two with a shark head. The reason I voted for your image is because I considered it "unique" and "pretty" enough to be on the front page (and you took the effort to add fins). Still, I think it's more relevant how the image as a whole turned out than whether or not I just added one thing to another thing. I'll shut up now. —Sir Socky (talk) (stalk) GUN SotM UotM PMotM UotY PotM WotM 22:23, 28 October 2010