Although not a photographer myself, my mom is into it, and I have been trying to get her into digital photography as well, as a means of merely complementing her already present arsenal! Trying to show her the benifits of Photoshop as a way of fixing bad lighting situations and such, and she has experimented with watercolor markers on b&w photos, which would be much easier and cleaner in PS! As far as your guidelines go, I think that doing such photo manipulation falls loosely into the category of film development, which is part of traditional photography and therefore acceptable! However, I do agree that it would be nice for ppl to actually know that such images WERE manipulated in this and that way! As I said, since I am not a photographer this doesn't really directly concern me, but I thought that I would state my opinion on the matter, as I still frequently hit the photography gallery from time to time, and love seeing ALL the images, whether they have any type of postwork or not! I would hate to have to dig around several separate galleries just for a quick perusal of "general" photography! "I cannot escape from myself, I am never alone!" Cheers, Jesse

"I cannot escape from myself,
I am never alone!"
                -Jesse