Photoshop? What do you think about it's use?

[fadetoblack]

Hi

I am new to the Dslr/photograph seen so I joined a Local camera club anyway few weeks late the club ran an open competition. I was shocked that maybe 80% of the photos were photoshopped. Don't get me wrong the photos were great but is this the norm?

 

[fadetoblack]

Cheers for clearing that up

 

[fadetoblack]

My feelings are similar to Nexus. I have no problems with PS being used to enhance or correct images in terms of exposure, contrast, saturation and so on, but I'm not particularly fond of its use when the fundamental nature of the image is changed.

It's a subjective line, how much an image can be changed before it's no longer the "same" image that was captured but, for me, when this line is crossed then it ceases to be photography and becomes art. Photography for me is about capturing moments. If the moment you're looking at never actually took place but was fabricated afterward, it's not photography.

Thanks for good reply