Are photo edits allowed? For example, adding a filter to your shots.
I’ve seen many photos used for Wayspots include filters, like the Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London,
I was just wondering if it was allowed to add a filter to wayspot images. If this is the case, I can make my photos look better than ever!
Thanks!
This may get different responses from different people. Sometimes it really helps to tweak the image before submission, for example if the light is poor and you work on the dynamic range, contrast, brightness or saturation to make the photo stand out more. I’d say that these are usually acceptable.
What isn’t acceptable is misrepresenting the wayspot - certainly you shouldn’t add details that aren’t there or change those details to look like something else. Adding a tint is also a bad thing, as that can be misconstrued as something faction-specific and could have serious consequences.
I suspect what you are proposing is somewhere in between. This is where it becomes a bit more difficult. For example, there’s a school of thought that says that pixellating parts of the images (e.g. faces or licence plates) where there’s no other option is a good thing to do to make the picture acceptable, others thing that is obvious doctoring. I go with the former, it’s not an attempt to misrepresent anything but if you meet a bunch of reviewers that think otherwise then that could be a problem.
The “obviously edited or doctored photos” is my guideline. I won’t make edits that are clearly edits. I will straighten, crop, and that sort of thing that isn’t an obviously changed photo. I will not blur or add a filter.
Most I’ve done is tweak the contrast to make some text on a sign stand out better
Haven’t edited any pictures that much beyond cropping
Thanks for the responses!
