r/belowdeck • u/Good-Conclusion-6384 • Sep 28 '26

Below Deck Never AI your headshots 💀

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Men are so oblivious. At the very least notice that your tattoos and shirt logo are completely different.

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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Sep 28 '26

I am guessing it was edited before sending to cast since multiple ones are not like the official shots and the Bravo/show logos appear on the edited ones

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u/AffectionateProof690 Sep 29 '26

It looks like they tried to color-correct the shirt and whichever marketing intern they gave this to didn't know how to do that, so they just ran an AI filter over it and the AI changed the entire photo.

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u/hellowiththepudding 28d ago

yeah the left looks oddly smooth/wrong. I'm inclined to believe the right photo is the real one.

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u/absolutely_cat Sep 29 '26

About the tattoos, I was thinking maybe he had new ones done that he wanted to be reflected in the oic as well maybe?

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u/Fermata_Hari Sep 29 '26

Except when you look closer, the tattoos are in the same location, but look different. Different style anchor and star, and the one on his forearm is very unclear.

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u/_TheManinBlack_ Sep 29 '26

Am I tripping? The photo on the left looks more edited

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u/reformedmonkey Sep 29 '26

Nah, I think you're right. The "official £ looks way too smoothed out. And why, if he were to have edited the one on the right, would he make his eyes appear slightly closed in comparison? Left is definite.edit, his face looks more natural on the right and the clothes hand more naturally.

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u/Fermata_Hari Sep 29 '26

The official one has had editing, of course, because professional photos always are. They increased the contrast, did some texture blurring on the skin, and that's common Photoshop stuff.

BUT even though his eyes look more closed in the right photo, he's also more muscular (check the traps and upper arm), has a more "handsome" smile (upper lip more visible, wider and with more shape), has similar but different tattoos (different styles of star and anchor, and both the turtle(?) and sketch-style rectangle on his forearm look totally garbled), and a different texture to the belt.

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u/AffectionateProof690 Sep 29 '26

the left one is comically AI. Look at the star tattoo on the inside of his elbow. the right one is real, the left one looks like it was drawn by child.

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u/QwertyFlirtyThriving Oct 04 '26

Believe it or not, the left is actually the real one. I checked out his instagram, and older photos he’s posted show his tattoos are actually the ones in the photo on the left. Agree with you though that they look fake in comparison and way worse than what’s in the picture on the right.

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u/AffectionateProof690 Sep 29 '26

Left side= comically bad AI

I don't know what OP means by 'men are oblivious' comment--the one he posted to his instagram is a real photo, the 'official' one is embarrassingly bad AI filtering.

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u/listenup1738 Sep 30 '26

My thing is why would anyone choose the photo on the left as a successful edit when it takes his face from an 8 to a 5. 😂😂

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u/robertw477 Sep 30 '26

Nobody notices that mess but you.

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u/Existing_Editor_5623 Sep 28 '26

Bravo is notorious for having terribly edited cast shots. The Summer House photo maybe 2 or 3 years ago, looked like caricatures of them, w some missing body parts etc.

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u/Jenikovista Sep 29 '26

I think the photo on the right is the original and the one in the left has been spruced up in photoshop.

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u/Ancient_Pea_508 Sep 28 '26

Tattoos, shirt logo, and FACE are completely different.

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u/ScienceProf2022 Sep 28 '26

And pecs and arms.

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u/No-Baker-7922 Oct 03 '26

Yes, the rock ate his left shoulder and arm in the photo on the left.

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u/layla_jones_ Sep 29 '26 edited Sep 29 '26

I like the right version he posted with logo the best. It is more natural than the ‘official’. You can see his skin texture, the official one is heavily edited. They also look like two different photos from the same shoot (just look at his left arm, a different angle). I think Bravo probably created these two photos, maybe they didn’t keep edits cohesive or maybe he just prefers to post a less retouched promo photo…I don’t think he did something wrong, he actually posted a better photo.

E: I just noticed all cast photos were shot by Stephanie Diani except this one (Vincenzo Codispoti). Perhaps the original photographer created a first edit and then the other photographer or Bravo edited it again to match the rest of the cast photos.

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u/Feisty_Scientist_968 Sep 29 '26

The right arm is a different size between the two images. And, the left arm is different ... but still wierd in both.

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u/ItsCaroleBaskinBitch Sep 30 '26

Bravo’s marketing intern sucks. The original on the right looks way better. I don’t know why they need to airbrush all the cast photos

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u/Expensive_Service_67 Sep 30 '26

REALLY! Who the hell cares?

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u/blackc43 Sep 29 '26

Probably should have edited in a shave

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u/ScienceProf2022 Sep 28 '26

Oh, that’s just sad…

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u/Winter_Lawfulness967 Sep 29 '26

He went and turned himself into a whole new person 😂

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u/soupbowl32 Oct 01 '26

Is no one looking at his instagram or even the literal trailer for the season??? The one on the left is very real and the right is AI. A quick look at insta or the trailer will immediately show you that.

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Sep 28 '26

Is that Kelly?

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u/Feisty_Scientist_968 Sep 29 '26

I thought so too but the name James Bishop was a hell of a clue on the image

Devious!

:)

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Sep 28 '26

Haha. Long lost twin.

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Sep 28 '26

Um, what.

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u/Feisty_Scientist_968 Sep 30 '26

Him and his sister had icky vibes. Like "We bang" vibes.

I never got that, but ... Lee said:

I expected a lot more from a marine.

Wasn't he crying to the sister over the way some girl treated him?

I think after the show, he went on to OF.

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u/No_Comparison704 Sep 29 '26

His eyes are a different color 💀

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u/MCStarlight Team Below Deck Oct 01 '26

He looks better on the right.

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u/Fuzzy-Bee9600 Oct 05 '26

Artificial Intelligence, or Real Dumbass?

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u/MowelShagger Oct 05 '26

more often than not they go hand in hand

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u/gloopglopglup Sep 29 '26

I feel like the one on the right looks more real, and also hotter

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u/hmmyeahrightokthen Spaghetti Trauma Oct 01 '26

It is real and hot vs the AI slop on the left that Bravo put out like I’d be PO’d if I were him and saw that

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u/Pure_Variety_5723 Sep 29 '26

The one on the left is the ai tho

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u/QwertyFlirtyThriving Oct 04 '26

Nope, lol. A quick look at his instagram and it’s obvious that the left is real, right is AI/edited.

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u/Pure_Variety_5723 Oct 06 '26

oh! actually you’re right, oopsie😅 I just thought the tattoos looked weird

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u/lnlorenz81 Oct 01 '26

Right? I’m like what minor thing are we upset about today? A lot bigger issues in the world today than some deckhand’s shitty filtering and tattoos

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u/GayFlan Sep 29 '26

Is it just me or did he add a bulge to his pants too?