• acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        Most likely. Dodge and burn are just two of the most common tools in a photographer’s arsenal. Pretty much all of the photographs in National Geographic have been altered with these tools, and nobody would call them fake.

        Kudos to the artist here. Amazing piece.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not sure of course, but I can’t see any artifacts or anything that looks out of place - I think this one is probably just a great photo. Good exposure, focus, plus the lighting in the image helps out a lot poppin those details and highlights. Would also be really curious if this was altered and if so, how so

        On second glance, the beams above her directly seem a liitle strange, they seem like the coloring was modified or something, hard to tell with smoke though