It depends which line of thinking you follow. Some people are all about photography, other people do whatever it takes to get an image... and some people lie inbetween.

Not everything can be done with photography, and if you're not editing then you're selling yourself short IMO. You're only looking at half of the picture (no pun intended).

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I would say that's an outstanding picture, but obviously it wasn't like that when it came from the camera. Should they have stayed with the original? I don't think so, maybe other people do. I wouldn't say their photography skills lack in this case, but their editing certainly makes the picture what it is... right?