Originally Posted by
Paul Davey
The reason I came into this anti-digital manipulation stance was because I entered a photograph into a wildlife photography competition held in my region. The rules included no digital manipulation. And I remember the first year I entered one of my images received an award as being Highly Commended - when I look back on it I remember I had adjusted brightness and applied warming effects with a photo program. Clearly the judges and organisers has no idea. From then on I've refused to edit photographs. Please don't tell me that entrants in the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year such as Andy Rouse do this? :P
Thanks for the input Fabs but I am still not convinced. I really had no idea professionals had these underlying secrets.