Pete, unlike most posters here, I wil try to answer the question. Yes, I have done this in a digital photography class. The results were excellent, and I used the photographs for the class portfolio.
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As for ethics, that is up to you. If you are careful not to mislead anyone in any way, then I fail to see how this could be a problem. BTW I do not really like or use digital manipulation myself, but my interest is fine art rather than commercial.
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I liked someone's earlier analogy about antique furniture. I happen to love Shaker furniture, and I am slowly furnishing my apartment with replicas. The fact that my desk is not a handmade original loses it some of the "cool factor," but it is still a beautiful desk. I even have a pseudo-Shaker futon-frame. Like a digitally created herd of zebras, it replicates something that never existed (Shakers did not have futons). In a museum of Shaker design, it would be an obcenity. At home, it is just furniture. In the end, you make the call.
Image manipulation, ethics and all.
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Pete, unlike most posters here, I wil try to answer the question. Yes, I have done this in a digital photography class. The results were excellent, and I used the photographs for the class portfolio.
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As for ethics, that is up to you. If you are careful not to mislead anyone in any way, then I fail to see how this could be a problem. BTW I do not really like or use digital manipulation myself, but my interest is fine art rather than commercial.
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I liked someone's earlier analogy about antique furniture. I happen to love Shaker furniture, and I am slowly furnishing my apartment with replicas. The fact that my desk is not a handmade original loses it some of the "cool factor," but it is still a beautiful desk. I even have a pseudo-Shaker futon-frame. Like a digitally created herd of zebras, it replicates something that never existed (Shakers did not have futons). In a museum of Shaker design, it would be an obcenity. At home, it is just furniture. In the end, you make the call.