This almost feels like cheating and I am sure this application is not new, but it is to me. I shot this image on a very cloudy day but since my PC crashed a month ago I had to get a new Photoshop Elements because the old version I had was not compatible with the new PC.
My last edition was 8-10 years old and I was (and still am) a little overwhelmed with all the new features of this 2022 version. Yesterday I discovered “Perfect Landscape” and changed my cloudy gray sky into this…
Is this cheating?
Follow this link to see Summer in my world.
The Day After 
Interesting question, is it cheating? For me I would just label it photo illustration by x instead of photo by x. It’s not cheating to create something, but its not truthful to create something that wasn’t and say it was.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s an interesting work around. Thanks for your input.
LikeLike
That is a great question and in the digital world like this – I expect to see a lot of edits and enhancements – and so I think it depends on how you are using the image to determine how to present it ethically.
—
But I don’t think it is cheating to present another one of your beautiful landscape photos – and this one that has a gray sky turned blue
Is just what photographers “get” to do!
–
LikeLike
Our artistic license? That is a great perspective. Thanks for your input.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Artistic license is a good term for this
LikeLiked by 1 person
Looks beautiful! Great job with the sky. I like the blues rather than greys.
LikeLike
Right? Thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Excellent.
LikeLiked by 1 person