I'm all for both straight images and digital art. I feel if you've used photography somewhere along the process then great. I think the issues are when a photograph is tried to be passed off as unaltered ("totally as it came out of the camera"), when its been messed with. A fine line between altered and enhanced. Both go down well though.
I used to spend hours messing in the darkroom, and see the digital revolution as natural progression.....I admire those who spend hours on a digital image, just as those who used to (and some still do) spend hours in the darkroom
There's been some great images on here. Happy to see plenty more