I know I beat this topic to death, but I’m going to say it again. The ability to post-process and “alter reality” is sometimes necessary for the creation of art. Take a look at the image above. it has been altered and an element removed! Aghast!
This is the original, albeit cropped a bit. Do you see the object that was removed, altering the reality of the scene? I’ll give you a hint. Look at the window on the left side of the image. Do you see the blue bungee cord? It isn’t likely that I would have been able to just go undo and move the bungee cord. This wasn’t my property nor was the property owner nearby where I could ask permission to move it. I could have waited and found the responsible party to get permission to move the cord or I could just do it in Photoshop.
Even in Photoshop it took a bit of work and was somewhat of a challenge due to the intricacy of the ironwork on the window. Aside from me working to decide the best method and a bit in remembering how the work to remove the bungee chord took very little time even with the intricate ironwork.
Want to know the funny thing about the bungee? I never noticed it until recently, as in today. My attention was always focused on Kodi. Today, I was reviewing photos in my Lightroom catalog to prepare for today’s blog post (I had no idea what I was going to write about as with most days) when I saw this photograph, and a bit of blue caught my eye. What is that, I asked myself. I zoom in and see it. It’s a bungee cord! How have I never seen that before? A few quick minutes later in Photoshop and voila! It is gone. This is why I love Photoshop and the ability to post-process my photographs!
Photographer Clay 
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