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and then as I said previously you are only taking the pish out of youself when you do it on a site like this.
Over the years I have grown to respect much of the content of this site, including the photos. I obviously ignore the trolls and idle banter, of which I include myself when I'm pissed and on here late at night, but isn't this site building up a reputation for the vast aray of climbing knowledge and overall Life Skills knowledge as well?
Does this argument also hold for the images that we place on here? Can I actually believe or trust what I am being shown in the photo galleries or should I view every single image as an artform which has been deliberately manipulated beyond what was actually in front of the lens?
Even though I hate bouldering, purely because I can't boulder myself, I find those images exceptionaly interesting to look at. They all have shape, form and interesting subject matter. Should I now view them as art, because they have more than likely been doctored, or should I view them as an accurate representation of what the boulderer had achieved?
Where do we draw the line for pixel manipulation?
Should we even draw a line in the first place?