Rongnongno wrote:
That do not seem to exist anymore... Like verify, verify, verify and do not reveal your sources...
R, you're a real pain aren't you? :lol:
I thought you already knew all this!!
The simplest explanations are on the Photographic Society of America(PSA)website, I think under divisions. They have set those rules set up to both level the playing field of all the club amateurs in the world, as well as to set personal precedents early.
The biggest authority is Rueters, which controls pro photographers all over the world. I have not looked at their nature division, but the journalism section has page after page of how to procure and handle a foto. From how to take it, to PP.
They discourage any photographer from working on anything, as they can easily disqualify a shot as authentic. The main operative being "authentic".
They don't trust a pro to know what they are doing, and instead want you to sent your pic to your regional field office where they have PP experts that can clean them up without destroying the original integrity of a shot.
Anything that makes a scene, not as it was seen, is out.
In a famous shot, that is deemed manipulated, the original file would be sent to an indipendant lab to check it for authenticity and manipulation.
Nature is always especially suspect.
If one is thinking of entering big time nature contests, you had better know your rules! You never know when you might win, then come under tremendous scrutiny for having done PP to improve the shot. :lol:
SS
Edit: I'm sure NG has a similar set of rules as well, similar to Rueters.