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Where do you draw the line with editing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 843206" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>This has come up, mostly as a tangential issue, often enough that I thought a separate discussion on it might be a good thing. Everyone has an opinion on where to draw the line, although some may not have given it that much thought. </p><p></p><p>With the rise of AI generated images, and software tools that can do amazing things to our images, there comes a time when we may need to put some rails up. Some think that we should use only images "straight from the camera" with no editing whatsoever. Others may think that anything to get the image they want is OK. Most of us fall somewhere in the middle. </p><p></p><p>A lot may depend on what the intended use of the image is. My camera club has a big contest every year that most of us look forward to. The rules for editing are rather strict. This is not uncommon for lots of contests these days. Breaking the rules while entering a contest would be a big no no for me. Just making an image to please yourself, or to post online, as long as you aren't representing it as something it isn't, is another matter. </p><p></p><p>Some things may be a matter of taste. A lot of folks in our club like, and make images with textures. I can appreciate the aesthetics of them, but, for the most part, they are not my cup of tea. These images are permissible in our yearly contest, but only in the artistic category, and only if all elements are the photographer's photos. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I have guidelines rather than hard rules for most things. Obviously, I take a hard line on appropriating other's work, or misrepresenting an image. I have no issue using removal tools to get rid of small distracting elements, like a small twig or some trash in an image. I only remove larger items on rare occasions. I will make a composite image when absolutely necessary, but avoid using this as an everyday tool. </p><p></p><p>Here is an example of one of my composites. I shot a photo of a pileated woodpecker in flight last year. I decided I wanted to turn this into a humorous image, and so I took a shot of a contrail in the sky and combined the two. I have no issues showing, or posting this image, but it is just for fun, and I make no claims that I was able to get this image in one fortuitous shot.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]426269[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I have done several sky replacements, when having irrecoverable issues with the sky as shot. I have pretty much gotten away from this, as I just don't feel good about it. I certainly wouldn't put anyone down for using this tool, as long as they are comfortable doing it, and don't misrepresent the image. </p><p></p><p>I could go on, but I will throw this out as a conversation starter. What are your thoughts? What boundaries, hard or soft, have you set for yourself?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 843206, member: 50197"] This has come up, mostly as a tangential issue, often enough that I thought a separate discussion on it might be a good thing. Everyone has an opinion on where to draw the line, although some may not have given it that much thought. With the rise of AI generated images, and software tools that can do amazing things to our images, there comes a time when we may need to put some rails up. Some think that we should use only images "straight from the camera" with no editing whatsoever. Others may think that anything to get the image they want is OK. Most of us fall somewhere in the middle. A lot may depend on what the intended use of the image is. My camera club has a big contest every year that most of us look forward to. The rules for editing are rather strict. This is not uncommon for lots of contests these days. Breaking the rules while entering a contest would be a big no no for me. Just making an image to please yourself, or to post online, as long as you aren't representing it as something it isn't, is another matter. Some things may be a matter of taste. A lot of folks in our club like, and make images with textures. I can appreciate the aesthetics of them, but, for the most part, they are not my cup of tea. These images are permissible in our yearly contest, but only in the artistic category, and only if all elements are the photographer's photos. Personally, I have guidelines rather than hard rules for most things. Obviously, I take a hard line on appropriating other's work, or misrepresenting an image. I have no issue using removal tools to get rid of small distracting elements, like a small twig or some trash in an image. I only remove larger items on rare occasions. I will make a composite image when absolutely necessary, but avoid using this as an everyday tool. Here is an example of one of my composites. I shot a photo of a pileated woodpecker in flight last year. I decided I wanted to turn this into a humorous image, and so I took a shot of a contrail in the sky and combined the two. I have no issues showing, or posting this image, but it is just for fun, and I make no claims that I was able to get this image in one fortuitous shot. [ATTACH type="full"]426269[/ATTACH] I have done several sky replacements, when having irrecoverable issues with the sky as shot. I have pretty much gotten away from this, as I just don't feel good about it. I certainly wouldn't put anyone down for using this tool, as long as they are comfortable doing it, and don't misrepresent the image. I could go on, but I will throw this out as a conversation starter. What are your thoughts? What boundaries, hard or soft, have you set for yourself? [/QUOTE]
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