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Where do you draw the line with editing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 844554" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>Here is another one that exemplifies the conundrum we often face when making decisions about how far to go to get the shot the way we want it. This is an image I shot this weekend at Swan Lake. I love the detail in the female mallard and especially like the reflection of the trees on the water. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427808[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I do find the male duck in the background rather distracting. I wish now that I had spent more time in this area and waited for the ducks to return and get some more shots of them with this beautiful lighting and reflections. I decided to try removing the male duck to see what it might look like with a simpler composition. Here is the result. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427809[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I really like this one much better. I am a somewhat reluctant to use it for anything since it relied so heavily on AI replacement for the removed section of the image. I really don't have much issue with removing a small piece of trash, or small branch or blade of grass from an image, but this is a major reworking of the original image. I guess one thing that weighs on my mind concerning this is that I cannot enter it in most contests, because of the editing that as done to it. Perhaps not a major consideration. I doubt this would rank that high in the year's images, but it does color my feelings about it.</p><p></p><p>What say you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 844554, member: 50197"] Here is another one that exemplifies the conundrum we often face when making decisions about how far to go to get the shot the way we want it. This is an image I shot this weekend at Swan Lake. I love the detail in the female mallard and especially like the reflection of the trees on the water. [ATTACH type="full"]427808[/ATTACH] I do find the male duck in the background rather distracting. I wish now that I had spent more time in this area and waited for the ducks to return and get some more shots of them with this beautiful lighting and reflections. I decided to try removing the male duck to see what it might look like with a simpler composition. Here is the result. [ATTACH type="full"]427809[/ATTACH] I really like this one much better. I am a somewhat reluctant to use it for anything since it relied so heavily on AI replacement for the removed section of the image. I really don't have much issue with removing a small piece of trash, or small branch or blade of grass from an image, but this is a major reworking of the original image. I guess one thing that weighs on my mind concerning this is that I cannot enter it in most contests, because of the editing that as done to it. Perhaps not a major consideration. I doubt this would rank that high in the year's images, but it does color my feelings about it. What say you? [/QUOTE]
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