Outsourcing Photoshop to India part 2

    I sent a sample image to the Indian retouchers for a free test and to find out pricing.  The not-too-difficult image shown below was handled petty well, though they did not include more natural looking shadows under the man's feet and at the base of the machine.  I suspect they would be able to handle more difficult retouching as well.

   What about pricing?  "Normally we charge 4 USD per image for this kind of work," said Poonam, the web contact.

   I'm not going to be using this service.  I can't do that to graphic artist friends.  But the world continues to shrink.