[Gidders]

Originally Posted by Susan Green

Before digital photo era in darkroom was done a lot of "manipulation" (dodging, burning, masking, sandwitching, cross processing, toning, polaroid transfer....not mentioning also while photographing: masking, double explosures,...) and no one had a problem with it. Why now is such a fus about digital manipulation? Every photographer/artist! has his idea about how his photo should look, how he wants it to be, how his mind eye see it. From my modest point of view PP is an important part of a final result, as important as the original image. As you say it's all down to "small print". Also agree that old winning picture had higher standard than the new winner.

Susan

+1 to that Susan