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I guess my point was when I go to a website that has a Poser gallery, I want to see
what Poser is capable of doing.  If I wanted to see what someone was capable of
doing with Photoshop, I'd go to a Photoshop gallery.   
I guess it's sort of like a favorite baseball player breaking the home run record,
and then it's found out he was using steroids.  Postwork is sort of like steroids for Poser.
Yes, the picture may look prettier with postwork, but that doesn't show me what Poser
can do.

using DAZ figures, or any purchased or free content not made in Poser for that matter, is a lot more like steroids than postwork.  photo-based or even painted textures show Photoshop a lot more than any postwork less than a fully repainted image.   i've known several people (outside of the community) who were disappointed at what pure Poser can do with no outside purchases or creations.  and who felt very disappointed to learn that they had to purchase or make all the content "Poser" users posted in their renders.  not to mention, professionals post process stills and video all the time. 

if you want to know what only Poser can do, you should do check out geep's tutorials and bagginsbill's procedurals.  otherwise, it's hypocritical to equate postwork with cheating, and entirely biased towards what you're personally willing to do to make a render.