Digital BW, The Print

Hello Richard et.al.

My perspective ( as a non photographer - only sorta wannabe ) is that digital manipulation with contrast and color saturation is 'legal' as that is something quite similar to that accomplished with chemical development. The other 'artsy' manipulations afforded by PhotoShop etc, seem more a work of art of the software developer than the user. I know a guy who downloads tons of image enhancement software - some of the tools are amazing. I think that once the 'digital manipulation' rabbit is out of the hat, individuals wonder how much labor and skill of the author actually was required to create his 'masterpiece' and how much was a 5 second click of the mouse ....

Best,
Alex

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Richard Sintchak <richard@c...> wrote:
> 
> My point is that people (general public) ARE catching on. And it does
> matter to them. And when they do find out they ARE less impressed. Not
> more.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Richard  
> 
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