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Aye aye aye deja vu allover again. I still remember a big flap like this one back around 94 or 95. Obviously a picture taken on a digital camera with photoshopped elements like the sky, shadows, rain, snow, etc. is gonna look a lot more realistic than an unaltered photograph taken with a traditional film camera. The thing is if we're not going to do separate categories for altered or unaltered pictures then just how much altering is allowed? I mean for example somebody could take a picture on their layout and just alter the picture to put him or herself in the cab of an engine on their layout or a diorama. Or they could go the opposite end of the extreme and have an HO scale engineer figure photoshopped into a picture of an actual GE Evolution series loco speeding down the tracks and both could technically be considered photos of models. <br /><br />I believe that MR does need to set some standards to the contest to decide just how much altering of the pictures is allowed before it becomes cheating if not multiple categories for things like special effects. <br /><br />I'm not saying photoshoppped pics have no place in model railroading I enjoy them too. But we do need to set some kind of standards to help keep the playing field level and see to it that it remains a contest about photographing models and not whose computer can beat up everyone else's
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