From: Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> > I am not seeing what was the problem in what he did. > The modification he did did not change the purpose of the photo or > whatever the photo presents.
> It brings back the question of what is and what is not "manipulation" of > the photo. As "burning and dodging" is also image manipulation and > modification. > While I understand that one can defined the modification of an image > when the actual pixels are replaced/moved. > But what if he just darkened some portion of the photo with an object in > it so that the object is deep in a shadow, and hence cannot be seen on the > photo? That's not moving of the pixels, but just changing the levels > on a part of the photograph. > I understand the problem when a person is removed from a group photo, > but that's totally different. > I think in this particular case, they are making a mountain out of a > molehill. > Thu Jan 23 13:11:02 EST 2014 > Mark Roberts wrote: > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-23/pulitzer-photographer-narciso-conteras-fired-syria-ap/5215200 I agree. If the content removed from an image did not add to the meaningful information conveyed, then removing it did not subtract from the meaningful information either and it's still journalistically 'truthful'. It's ridiculous to moralize on something so trivial when news and journalistic organizations routinely use file photos to illustrate a story. Often those photos are far removed from the time and place the story is about and can be very misleading, yet that's OK and removing a distracting element is not? Seems like a double standard to me. If the image was a little wider and the video camera could have been cropped instead of cloned...that's as much a manipulation, as is cropping in the viewfinder. I agree with Misere, if words can be edited and changed, to craft the story, then the same standard should apply to images. Misleading with an image is obviously wrong. Photos are not truth and never were. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
