> First, Sir, If you quote someone, kindly do not edit the quote. It is very bad manners. NO! It's very bad manners (generally associated with "top posters" to leave in the whole of a previous posting (and every other posting in the thread) totally unedited. Heck, people quote from Hamlet but don't feel obliged to regurgitate the whole book. We all read them anyway: we do NOT need to get the full text twice/three times ..... I checked: unless I missed a change to the spelling Greg simply left enough text from your comment for context. >Second I liked the image and said so. So what's the point? We read that in the review. >Having photographed thousands of portraits both on location and in studio, I was trained to set it up, then clean it up and then shoot it. But there comes a point when it's time to say enough. Greg's post brought out the humour in that. Getting rid of the bracelet, removing moles from the mother, getting rig of any stretch marks, whitening the teeth ... heck, where do we stop? The bracelet is a part of being in hospital. >Having to repair something in post production to me is a failure to be professional. Repair, yes, create a completely different picture? Well, if that's what the customer wants but I'd let the customer drive that one. >That is one of the skills that separates us from rookies and wannebees. Knowing when to stop in PS is one of the most difficult skills these days (with film it was actually being able to do anything) >Our goal as professional, and/or educators is to help others create better images. Did your post meet that goal? Your review was read well and appreciated by me anyway. Greg's post (a derivative work) raised a smile: it also served it's purpose. I think you are taking it a little too personally. If you are prepared to submit review you need to be prepared to accept whatever comes back! Bob Rest of post snipped: it's not here: look in the archive ... Honest, it's not down here, it's to save bandwidth .... Oh the baby needs green eyes .... ... and a sun tan ....
