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Originally Posted by coolcat
I’m not into compositing Phil, it’s cheating as far as I’m concerned and as a photographer it’s not my bag .
I’ll leave that to the artist/creative type photographer  |
Fair enough Jeff
One of the photos I posted up on a photography forum, showed a lioness drinking from a puddle of water in a field of grass. Someone in the photography forum was quite critical of the photo, saying it was rubbish and in editing I should have created more field to the left of the lionesses, through clone and stamp - making the photo much wider. I did not oblige as I didn’t really understand how to do it in an undetectable way. I thanked the guy for his brilliant comment.
I had a similar remark from someone else, who felt layering was cheating. I had a laugh, as later on he was using a layer to replace a bland sky. He didn’t do it very well and on top of that, he oversaturated the sky with too much blue, unattractive. I didn’t say anything as I didn’t want to destroy his post.
It can work, if it’s carefully done
Your a professional photographer Jeff and I really value your opinion