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Originally Posted by snake  The way that I was thinking was, if somebody manipulated a photo in this way, entered it into a competition and won, is this acceptable?
In my view this would be wrong. |
So long as it did not break any of the rules of that competition, I think it would be fine. Of course, many competitions state that images must not be "manipulated", but even that's a bit of a grey area IMHO. Pretty much all photographers are increasing saturation, contrast, sharpness etc. even if it's done right in the camera, but most see that as enhancing, not manipulation, re-touching, not editing, but where does one stop and the other start?
Personally, I can't be bothered with competition; I've been involved in enough over the years to have reached the conclusion it's not often that healthy. It breeds envy and bitterness and leads people to the transgressions and deceit discussed on the wpoty thread. Judging such an art form as photography is always going to be completely subjective anyway.
FWIW, I like your owl, I think dunlins was excellent and I think the wolf that won the wpoty was also a superb image. I'd be very happy to see more of all of these types of image here on WAB.