westjl2 Loc: Calgary, Alberta

WOW... As the OP of this thread I have certainly learned a lot. Appreciate the fact that most of you got the gist of my own internal conflict around how far to go with post processing. I want to thank everyone of you who have posted constructive comments. Seems each individual has their own threshold of how far they want to push those “sliders“. And of course an obvious consideration is what is the purpose of the photograph in the first place. I found it fascinating to stumble across an online course where the instructor was showing how to produce appealing commercial photographs. The one example that he showed was a photograph of a guy wearing Nike runners. He then showed how he stripped away the sweat stains from under his arms, some dirt on the shorts, a bunch of items in the background that were not appealing etc. etc. That’s very extreme but moving that into everyday life, how many young girls want to see their own portrait with zits on their face? So I get back to my original comment that “I don’t think anyone should feel guilty about post processing an image to produce something that makes others feel good”. So here’s a quote for the day “The reality is most people don’t want to see reality”. 😜🧐😆

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I hope you don't think Mr. Clean or Tony the Tiger is real. There are places to see reality and places to make money.

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

oooh, that's a good one! love the reply!!!