On 17/6/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed:

>This reminds me of a conversation I had at the 2004 Nature Photography 
>Weekend. I was standing there hoping to get a good shot of a couger
>and I remarked that the chain link fence in the background would spoil
>the picture unless the cougar moved. The guy standing next to me said 
>"I'll just clone that out." Is that acceptable? Not in my mind.

Nor in mine. It appears we all have standards, but at what point does the
cloning tool stop being a minor aide, and start being a major
contribution to the photo, no the collage, not the photo, no the collage
AAAAAARGH

>
>Photographs aren't fake.

Actually Tom, I know what you mean, but I would say that it's the
photographers who are the fakes. As the Klingons would say, it is a
matter of honour, now pass the Gargh.




Cheers,
  Cotty


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