[Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy

[dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren)]

I'm sure there were also photos rejected because the judges thought 
they felt the images were too little photoshopped. They probably 
thought some of the photos from negatives had too much or too little 
color depending on the film used.

A different set of judges might have felt differently. Contests are 
always crap shoots. You never be certain how the judges will feel.

Personally, I'd throw all the photos out that were photoshopped, mine 
included. I love the control Photoshop offers, but I feel the machine 
distances me from what I'm doing. In the darkroom, I understand the 
connection between what I do and what I get. With Photoshop, I have no 
idea how the patch function performs its magic. I can manipulate it, 
but the machine does it, not me. It's about as satisfying as painting 
by numbers.

Doug