Some painters say that all photographic medium is a copout. Purely the result of technology and chemistry, involving little or no skill or art. When you can stick 1GB memory card into a digital camera, take a 100 or more shots of a subject, bracket around the f-stops, push and pull the exposure, auto-focus, and auto-expose, and then select the best of the bunch. The result is a 'cheat' whether its been near photoshop or not.
OTOH - The act of taking a photo is just a method of obtaining the raw input to the production of an image. The image stands or falls on it merits and it matters not one jot what manipulation took place either inside or outside of the camera.
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