There is a fine line and it's different for all of us. Of course it is up to the individual to post where they see fit. There is no law that say manipulated images have to be posted in any particular gallery.......however, the 2D and Mixed Medium are there for a reason and people need to keep that in mind when uploading images. that is the photo was an image I took & manipulated in a photo-enhancing program- not a scanned image of a magazine ad model or a stock photo I manipulated but an original piece from beginning to end. (not that the images used in 2D or MM are not original either) Hmmm....I never thought there was a difference in a photomanipulations (all original or borrowed bits and pieces).......I wish Bonbon still had her gallery here (another talent gone)....she was the Queen of photomanipulation....all the work was her own from start to finish, yet she posted these works of art in the 2D gallery.... she uploaded her unmanipulated images into the photo gallery. I'm not saying that everyone should do it that way... I'm just say that is how she did it....

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