Is the contest for photographs or photo-illustrations?

f1reverb11-23-23 23:58Back Copy post link
I come from a background in photojournalism where a photograph submitted for publishing is compared to the original source to see if the photograph has been manipulated into a photo-illustration. What is the definition of a photograph for the contest? Straight out of the camera, minor editing or anything goes? Just curious.
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JT11-29-23 13:41
As long as the submission stays true to its source there should be no problem. What is meant by this I will try to explain below. Cropping is fine and expected. Color manipulation is accepted Panoramic stitching is accepted. However, merging two or more images is not. You can't take a picture of dining table, then cut the turkey from a different photo to paste into the dining table picture. Hope this helps.