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Photography

Curmudgeoness

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2. When I saw the first photo,

Reply to regnaD kciN (Original post)

Thu Jul 3, 2014, 08:22 PM

Jul 2014

it took my breath away with the beauty of the falls as well as the rest of the landscape. When you showed the photoshopped photo, that was the first that I really noticed that branch. Odd how the eye can do that.

My vote was that it is OK if it is disclosed. I see photography as art, but I do think that people should know when it is "fixed" instead of letting people assume that it is as if they are seeing what you saw. No ethical problem if people know that it is an art form that has been created. (BTW, beautiful job on the fix.)

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Water Falling Over Things 2014: Part VII (Punch Bowl Falls...now with extra poll!) [View all] regnaD kciN Jul 2014 OP

Thank you for your wonderful and artistic photos! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2014 #1

When I saw the first photo, Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #2

I respectfully disagree ohheckyeah Jul 2014 #6

As a painter I would never have included that branch NV Whino Jul 2014 #3

I absolutely agree... ohheckyeah Jul 2014 #7

Is wearing makeup deceptive? Converting a 3D moving scene into a static 2D image alfredo Jul 2014 #4

First - your photos are beautiful. ohheckyeah Jul 2014 #5

Before it got to post Stevenmarc Jul 2014 #8

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2014 #9