Model Lying on Soft Inclined Supportive Bed

This photograph shows the same model with his shoulders supported six inches higher than his hips. The arms fall easily into the same position as the arms of the image on the shroud and the padding under the right shoulder has produced the lowering of the right shoulder observed in the Shroud.

This repositioning of the body on a soft support with the head and shoulders raised, as they would need to be if the subject was having trouble breathing, has produced an image with exactly the same perspective distortion observed on the Shroud image.

The model's arms now fall naturally into the position adopted by the image on the shroud