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Correction! Acceptable Focus & Manipulation The images are perhaps too small to see here but one is the 7th in my gallery and the other the second to the last one on the first page. In the first horizontal image, the leg which seems to be pointing towards the camera is out of focus. I was playing around with it a bit to see if I could define some edges with photoshop to make it look more in focus. Is this acceptable, or is it considered cheating? I stopped almost immediately because I feared I wouldn't get it right, but I did clone a little bit of the bottom right edge of that leg up a bit. Also, in regards to this photo, is it considered to be unacceptable, according to the rigid standards of contest judges, that the leg be out of focus while the rest is sharp? As to the second vertical image. As you can see the head is the only thing in focus. Is this unaccepable? Also it is a bit dark due to the lighting, but I actually put the lighting in such a way as to reveal some of the translucence of the insect. In order to bring out the great colours in the eyes, I selected that portion of the face and lightened that area only. In this also, is this considered acceptable manipulation? Any other comments or critiques on these photos would be greatly welcomed. Thanks!
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