Timarron Loc: Southwest

From Beast to Beauty. Well, at least in my opinion. I fully realize the purists may not appreciate editing like this and will not accept it as a photograph. I respect your opinion. However, I think as long as it's not passed off by the photographer as a "real" photo, then who should care if it ends up being something nice to look at!

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

The B&W is a little dark but you made something more powerful out of nothing. Nicely composed too.

Kozan Loc: Trenton Tennessee

I think the composite is great, but a little too dark for me. I would have preferred the color photo with some clouds that were not so ominous.

"I think as long as it's not passed off by the photographer as a "real" photo, then who should care if it ends up being something nice to look at!"...

I wish our club would take that kind of photo, but they only allow minor corrections in post-processing. For non-contest submissions, composites are great.

Timarron Loc: Southwest

Kozan, the Camera Club I belonged to a while back finally accepted that digital photography was here to stay, and that post-processing had a place (even Ansel Adams did some darkroom manipulation). You might try convincing your Clubs showrunner that the members should occasionally be able to go wild with their creativity. Isn’t having fun and exploring new techniques one of the primary reasons to belong to such a club?

I’m sure your club promotes various themes for your meetings, so why not have an “open” theme one month where anything goes!