Martha Stewart seems to have forgotten her left hand when packing for her most recent vacation trip.
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The celebrity figure shared some photos on her Instagram a few days ago of her most recent vacation to Namibia over Christmas. Three photos captured the same shot, just at different distances, and in all three of them, Stewart doesn't have her left hand.
For some inexplicable reason, her hand is gone. After some close scrutiny, it doesn't look like the hand could be hidden in her sleeve, or somehow behind her sleeve. It looks as though it was keyed out in a programme such as Photoshop.
Considering the photos themselves, there seems to be no reason why a Photoshop touch-up was necessary. To make her outfit blend in more with the rocks in the background?
The backdrop was of a unique rock formation, and her outfit matched the scenery pretty well. In the caption, Martha Stewart credited designer Suzie Kondi, so maybe some Photoshop magic was used to make the outfit look more promotional to Stewart's audience.
Perhaps some color correction or saturation tweaks allowed the outfit to stand out or blend-in more to the desired effect.
But in the process, Stewart appears to have lost her hand. In the Photoshop process, her skin would have to be 'keyed' out to prevent it from being modified. Someone clearly never put her left hand back in.
Internet Reacts To Martha Stewart's Missing Hand
People noticed the lack of a hand right away and took to the comments.
"Martha, where is your hand?" one simply asked.
"NO left hand/arm?? Photoshop. Shame," another shunned.
Some commenters believe that her hand is actually hidden by a rock that's impossible to distinguish thanks to optical tricks. Although that's a fine theory, the cut-off is too smooth to be a rock silently in the way.
The arc that separates her sleeve from her hand appears to be too clean, as though someone manually selected to remove the hand to spare it from any editing done to the outfit or background.
Many didn't care about the hand, or simply didn't notice, and complemented Martha Stewart on her outfit.
"The rock formations may be stunning but you're the real rockstar here, Martha!" one exclaims.
"Leave it to Martha to pick an outfit that matches the landscape ?" praises another.
