On 25 Nov 2005 at 0:01, Tom Reese wrote: > I was speaking from my perspective as a nature photographer and I know that's > a > narrow viewpoint. I definitely do remember a lot of cloning, pasting and > whatall > in some threads. That's the manipulation that I find objectionable.
It really depends on your perspective and sensitivities I guess, I'm thoroughly enjoying digitally stitching panos and though ultra-wide angle shots in cylindrical projection can be made on film I'm please to be able to stitch multiple images together to achieve the same effect (but using only one set of standard equipment). I'm sure you would perceive that as OK however if I have a jet trail in the midst of the sky of my otherwise pristine natural landscape I'm going to consider cloning it out, it shouldn't be there and I can control it being there except after the fact. Would you view this action as a contradiction WRT to the concept of the nature photograph? Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
