I loved the expressions, the sense of wonder and the way the fairy lights added to the magical atmosphere of the day. I didn’t like the two signs in the photo. One for no smoking and the other as a general restaruant sign. They really spoilt the shot so I took them out. Now again I’m not really happy doing that. It *is* a better photo but in order to make it natural I had to copy some of the building reflection and put that in. I think thats a step too far. It might be an accurate depiction of the reflection, it might not. The simple fact is that I made the photo by moving things around and putting them where they didn’t belong. Not really comfortable doing that. I’ve told others not to. Don’t go adding fireworks into photos that weren’t there to start with. Theres a line between photographing what you saw and using Photoshop to make what you wanted happen. My justification is that it would look like this *if* the signs were taken down. So its not like I added a flying Delorean. Pretty thin ground though.
