HebburnMackem
Striker
To me photography is taking a picture with a camera using your knowledge re light, depth of field, framing, focusing etc and the end result is your photograph.
Altered end result photographs are a total different thing. Post production is a computer skill. I think it can be excellent on occasion especially if you want an "arty" picture. But it isn't really photography is it?
I don't agree with that. I know technical people who know their way around photoshop or lightroom who absolutely no eye at all for art.
In the digital age, I'm inclined to think that photography does extend (to some extent) to post-production.
Dragon dance cannot be HDR, it's just thoroughly messed with innit
Smoker will advise ... the proliferation of milky way shots around just now with landscapes included (sick of them already ) is it advances in the sensors? They are surely pretty short exposures to avoid star trails....
At first glance it looks like HDR, but the photographer mentions nothing.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...s-announced-8539628.html?action=gallery&ino=5
Either way, it's horrible for an average gallery nevermind an award.