rmalarz wrote:
I posed the same question, in a way. https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-669947-1.html It's gone on for 12 or so pages now. There are a number of opinions expressed. Under certain circumstances, putting things into photographs that weren't there can be suitable for advertising or commercial work.
Personally, I have no issue with folks who want to put stuff in a photograph that wasn't there at the time of taking the photograph. I have an integrity issue with people who do so and want others to think that's what they captured initially and through some incredible amount of talent, which isn't existent in reality, they produced an incredible photograph. Sure, create a category of "creative spaces" and let folks replace whatever they want. Just be honest about it.
In my own photography, I alter the processing times to suit the tonal range. I use burning and dodging techniques to make slight additional adjustments to tonal ranges, but I don't put stuff in there that wasn't in the original scene. That is disingenuous. It's a matter of personal integrity.
From the viewpoint of the software manufacturers, it's a marketing strategy. We'll give you the tools to accomplish that which you couldn't do on your own. That's my perspective.
--Bob
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it is not disingenuous if you are transparent and admit to it at the vey outset. current photography is also an art than just plain photos.Then one can say that postpricessing is disingenuous and that is not true. Even during the film era ,the photographers used to do touch up for portrait photos and not many complained about it. Even the current digital cameras edit your photos after or during shooting.Are we then should switch back to film mode. A painter makes up skies while painting ,is he fake then? The sky replacement option has been there in photoshopCC for years and now it has been perfected with Luminar4 and photoshop elements. The only area of photography where postprocessing is not appropriate is photo journalism and in all other areas it is a fair game.Let us remember again photography is an art and a science