Is an edited picture considered a “photography”?
THAT is a very good question. Way back in the olden days when photography was first invented, the photographer had no choice. He got what he got. But, today things are different. All professional photographers “alter” their photos in one way or another. It could be nothing more than cropping the image, but that’s still altering it. To me, it depends on just “how much” the shot is changed to be still considered photography. If the shot is just cropped, or the color, exposure, contrast, etc. are changed, it IS still photography and the image WAS captured by the photographer. But, if a moon was put in the shot that was not there in the first place, or a flower was removed that was messing up the composition, then that is stretching the point as far as I’m concerned. The photo community does NOT agree with me though, because photo contests have winners all the time that have severely manipulated their images. Therefore, like beauty, I guess “good photography” and a “good photograph” is in
