Photography ethics

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:39 pm

Hi..

Want to share this image of Orion and Taurus taken with my digicam from a mountaintop in the philippines..

But this is not the original image. I took a daytime shot of the mountain top and pasted and adjusted it to look as if it was taken at night.

The orginal image looks like this. My question is: do you think it is ethical ?

Which do you prefer? The original or the 'doctored'?

Cheers,
Chris

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:04 am

The first picture looks nicer ...

If you think of photography as an art, there isn't anything to stop you from doctoring your images digitally - it's all part of the creativity process. That's my opinion ..

I'm more interested to know the how you took the sky image though.

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:18 pm

If in doubt, declare it.

Like when I used the DSS images to do my Abell and Caldwell posters, I will credit it below.

Some even go as far as to label 'Processed image by...'.

aquillae · Post by **aquillae** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:21 am

hi chris,

i like the first one, it feels more aesthetic like there's a slight (weak) illumination by the moon or some light pollution source.
I thnk it should be ok if you include some notes about acquiring the final image.

Post by **weixing** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:33 am

Hi,
I also prefer the first image. Look nicer with the visible mountain.

My question is: do you think it is ethical ?

I think it's ok to composite this type of pictures as long as you make a note that this is a composite image.

Anyway, we do it all the time when processing astro images... :oops: :oops:

Have a nice day.

kamiru · Post by **kamiru** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:02 pm

BTW, can someone highlight where taurus is on the photo?

mrngbss · Post by **mrngbss** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:43 pm

It is at the bottom right corner, the V shape is right in between the mountains.

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:04 pm

I've superimposed the constellations lines for you.

Lines and image from Stellarium

Cheers,
Chris

river · Post by **river** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:00 pm

nice!!

boothee · Post by **boothee** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:09 pm

Yah! Looks really impressive!

boothee