Undersharpened

[FlyingPhotog]

There is a difference between processing the picture and adding information to it.

you ADDED the star flare which means that it shouldnt be accepted. IMO. USM'ing and editing the levels and cropping is more than acceptable to me as it always needs doing on most pictures. however, Adding the star flare is adding to the picture what wasnt there before and that is Digital Manipulation.

Read up on it PT737SW, its INSANE that people can edit picture and add things then upload. Whats the difference between that and changing the livery of an aircraft completly and uploading it. NONE!

If this was allowed, I could put a BA320 landing in formation with my HKG wing view and get that uploaded. Its not the real picture so it shouldnt get on.

Kaddyuk, Read the thread! He said he had a FILTER on the lens. That is NOT digital manipulation.

Congrats swaphx99 for getting the pic on the site. Justice is served.

[swaphx99]

Thanks!!

[Greg]

Nice effect.

You got some good stuff coming out of PHX.

[Leftseat86]

Kaddy's just a NOOB... :P

Nice pic swaphx99, good idea to use the filter on the landing lights.

-Clovis

[uy707]

Nice pic, those light rays crossing each other add lots of interest, good to see it in the database.
Alain

[ckw]

But what if the star burst had been added after the picture was taken (easily done in Photoshop). What is the difference between using a filter on the camera to get a special effect or post procesing to achieve the same effect?

If there is a difference, what about making a colour adjustment in PS instead of using a colour correction filter?

Don't know if there is an answer to this one.

For me the problem with digital manipulation comes when the subject is misrepresented - eg. changing the reg on an aircraft. But of course if this is done well, you would never catch it

Cheers,

Colin