Photoshop or not?

Ok with the comments in the favorite picture thread, i got thinking about photoshop, or any photo editing software, what does everybody think?

I use photoshop elements, i see photography as an art really, a way of producing beautiful images, i try not to overphotoshop, and keep it to increasing saturation on most shts. This just increases the colours a bit. My thinking is, when we see a beautiful view/image with our eyes, it is much nicer than the actual photo that comes out of the camera, because, our eyes are a far better lens than any camera! so by 'tweaking' the shot your bringing some of the actual colours back into the image.

Now i'm, not against heavy photoshopping either, and do play about with it, its great fun, and surely another side of photography?? fun!

Before digital cameras we used film, some still do, and then the 'photoshopping' was done in the darkroom!!  i've done this too, and thats good fun too!!

Now its all down to personal choice so i like looking at all photos, all are different and good in their own way., but i just thought i'd see what people think!!

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I personally don't like pictures that don't look normal. Now that doesn't mean I don't like pictures that have been photoshopped, if the pictures are enhanced, and I can't tell, then I think that's very clever.

This is just how I feel, there are others who like to see pictures that have been 'tweaked' or even changed, each to his own I say.

Hello  to all at P.O.E 

     I love Photoshop 

I like to see both sorts of shots. I think some of the editing is brilliant. I haven't got Photoshop and I haven't got the time or patience to do much editing! I sometimes use the filters on my camera and do some cropping. I can see both points of view. Each to his/her own really and I still believe that this site is not about criticizing other people's photos  - it's about enjoying the one's we like and commenting on those ones and not commenting on the ones we don't like or that we feel indifferent about! Other sites and clubs give criticism but I enjoy my hobby and POE and have enough flack in every day life.

I've come back to add that Lyn G I didn't mean you, - I know you are like me and don't comment if you don't like a photo!  I was more thinking about why Jason started the thread in the first place!