Over Manipulatd Crap

[kayaksurfer]

wow, I hadn't read MidnightJams Reply on the matter either. I'm glad that Ansel's Work and techniques have stuck with so many.
DJ

[Poaceae]

. . . there were also purists who would argue fowl . . .

No purist is going to call me a chicken !

[clupica]

Well said, MidniteJam and DJ.

The camera is an eye with limited capacity.
It is the vision (and skill) of the photographer that makes the image.

What she said.

I get too emotional and can never deliver an argument that clear.

I used to think this way but I watched a training video on Photoshop for Photographers and the things Chris Orwig did where just incredible. And not all of those things were that difficult. I could finally see the potential in learning more. (I was using CS2 at a minimal level, mostly using the transform tools to warp images so I could stitch them together)

If they don't want to learn digital darkroom it's less competition. At the bare minimum, they have to be a sight better than I am. They have to have perfect exposure, I just need to be close.