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So it seems as though this was more of a perceived opinion than actual reality. I feel that the only true, unaltered photos are with real film, which can be absolutely amazing (the highland closeup photo that was on the Barker's website is why I started with chondros and am still trying to find that photo). All digital cameras have programs that adjust the white balance as well as all color aspects. If this is the case, I felt that it was hypocritical to say that photoshop or another photo altering software should not be used.

The process I generally use is to take macro mode shots with a rebel XTi in indirect afternoon light. I generally accomplish this using my covered balcony around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. I feel that shooting evening shots outside messes with the blue levels in a shot as the sun reflects off the blue sky down on the animal creating a similar effect to shooting under blue lights or lights that spike in the blues. I then take these photos, crop them to the shot that I want, and go to adjustments and levels. Here I go under each of red, green, and blue to adjust the levels so that the end arrows are at either end of the graph readout. That may not make sense unless you are familiar with photoshop.

As everyone has said, the goal is to make the photo accurate and that's it. Morelia Viridis- I've never seen either animal so I was just going off what JB said. In that case though, I would not use the photo.

So since we are among friends here, really it comes down to a trust type factor. There's no problem with using a photo editing software as long as that's disclosed and the photo is accurate? The reason I originally posted this was because I have seen countless posts starting out with "this animal's colors are so hard to photograph," and I always thought "then use software to fix it!?!" I kept running into others that perceived the same as I that edited photos were looked at with more of a negative opinion than bad, original shots.

And really, if someone has the photo from the Barker's I would love if you could post it or email it to me. It was a close up showing the head and coil with blues, greens, orange, and yellows.

Nick