Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=685635&Start=37&Artist=cynlee&ByArtist=Yes

again, only my opinion: this purists vs. postwork/manips debate has been going strong for the last 2 years... just had someone get pissed at me because i only SUGGESTED their photo which included a 3D fractal sphere be placed in MM... as i have "bubbles" & manips in mine... true, i do... do i change galleries now?

(i would like to change my answer on "heavily changed" to no... photo manips, fine... but heavy to where the work no longer resembles a photo, NO)

& how about photo collages??????? i do a lot of these...
can one not get scissors & glue & cut up a photo & reassemble it? does that make it not a photo any longer?
why is it in the genres?

what about cloning out unwanted areas? this could be done in the darkroom to a degree

this is a great discussion & as Misha said needs to be discussed & decided upon, as it's getting harder for us to decide what stays & what goes & we want to be fair

here's a debate on the same subject... see link
"Postwork Study & Discussion"