Do You Think Editing Is Cheating In Photography?

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@miftha (1621)
Bekasi, Indonesia
June 12, 2021 9:08pm CST
Like cooking, before being served on the dining table, all ingredients are processed first in the kitchen. Photos that will be published, I usually fry first. I know photo editing about cropping, dodging, burning , raising and lowering saturation, contrast, light and dark. That's what I do regularly after the photos are transferred from the camera to the PC. This is an example of before and after editing that I did. Quite extreme in my opinion, "removing" the background by burning techniques around the object . I did "cheat" this photo, because I did not get a situation that is not ideal when shooting in the field. Just sharing my experience, thank you.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
13 Jun 21
I don't think so it's a cheating unless you create a loss to anyone throught these photos.
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
yes, i agree with you
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@yukimori (10145)
• United States
13 Jun 21
Context is important. Photography is an art form like any other, open to the artist's interpretation. What you've done to this one is extreme, yes, but it's something that could be done in a darkroom with film photography, too. A bit of cropping or retouching is sometimes necessary to bring out the best in the photos we've taken. The only time I really consider it problematic is when photos of something are altered to manipulate perceptions of reality: things like cropping an image to hide something in the frame that is relevant to the context, changing the colors within the image, moving elements in the image to make them appear differently than they really were (there was one I saw during the coronavirus lockdowns where a tabloid moved the people within a photo to make it look like the celebrity and his parents were ignoring social distancing rules during a visit even though they were strictly following them)... that sort of thing is unethical. But if it's a photo taken just for enjoyment, why not use all the tools at your disposal when creating your art?
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
yes. im very agree with your opinion
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@yukimori (10145)
• United States
17 Jun 21
@myklj999 sure did, it's right there in the title
@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
17 Jun 21
@myklj999 what's wrong? Sorry
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
13 Jun 21
If I have skills, would I cheat if I use them?
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@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
13 Jun 21
@miftha then it's the same as editing.
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
@prinzcy No, it's a gift to be grateful
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
17 Jun 21
Yes it's not cheating can be editing, enhancing or just modifying
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
17 Jun 21
yes. I agree with you
• Brazil
13 Jun 21
I think that all depends in what you will use the photo.
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• Brazil
13 Jun 21
@miftha I think that If the photos are for you try use without any program.
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
Right, I use it for consumers or for my pleasure
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
@paulobraga85 yes, i'll try it
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 21
No, in my opinion it is not cheating, the photo is real, you only adjust some parameters to make it better.
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@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 21
@miftha I consider "cheating" when you add people who were not in the original shot.
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
@LadyDuck Right, it's a big cheat
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
thanks, i agree with you
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@youless (112496)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Jun 21
I don't think it is a kind of cheating. Many models' photos are also modified
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
i think so
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@lovebuglena (44544)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jun 21
What do you mean by "Photos that will be published, I usually fry first."?
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
15 Jun 21
the meaning is i'll edite before published,
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
17 Jun 21
This is very creative! Photography is a very big talent
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
17 Jun 21
yes. I love photography
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Jun 21
Not cheating, unless you claim you did not edit your photo.
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
yes, i think so
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@KityCat (7736)
• India
17 Jun 21
Well, sometimes it is necessary. Best example are films, especially with heavy CGI. What they recorded first is not what we see in the end .
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
17 Jun 21
Yes. You'r Right. We're eaten by the editor CGI
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@Kouponkaren (5503)
• United States
13 Jun 21
Well, I will say this: When digital cameras first came out, I did think it was like cheating to manipulate the photos to look different than what I actually saw in the camera lens. But now I do it all the time now. I like being able to enhance what I saw. In the same way, a woman puts on makeup...is it cheating to add makeup to a woman's face to enhance the looks God gave her? I think it's like putting her best foot forward...or "face" not foot in this case. So I prefer to think of it not as cheating, but enhancing the photo, and the face as well in my other example!
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
13 Jun 21
yes. you right, photography is't real
@Rutukesh (48)
15 Jun 21
From my opinion is not cheating, editing is also art
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
15 Jun 21
yes i agree with you
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@HIM12e (41)
• India
17 Jun 21
I think both are talents
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
17 Jun 21
yes. photograph is talent, I agree with you
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
13 Jun 21
No, I do not think so.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
17 Jun 21
Cheating implies dishonesty. Photography is an art. You could enhance your photos to make the images look pleasing to the viewers.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
15 Jun 21
No, it’s not cheating at all. I have to edit every photo I put on myLot.
@Rashnag (30592)
• Surat, India
13 Jun 21
I feel if it enhances the image, there is nothing wrong in it
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@ladyhero (3846)
• Indonesia
13 Jun 21
I think it's okay for you to change the photo as long as it's acceptable and not used to deceive people
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• India
13 Jun 21
Photography isn't real anymore these days. it's all about saturation. burning, exposure, and highlights.
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