When I hear the word manipulation the manipulation of some people by others for selfish reasons comes to mind.
Someone takes advantage of other people's weaknesses and uses them to their advantage a dirty game that is not worthy of respect.
But if you figure it out and are 100% honest with yourself then I often manipulate photographs working on their appearance trying to make them more attractive and interesting.
Yes, even this is a bit of deception but there are justifications for this lol for which it is worth repenting before God.
It is customary to call this creativity but if we draw a portrait of a person and depict him without natural flaws, as the artists of the Renaissance did embellishing the appearance of nobles then this can be called a deception.
The one who was embellished thought that it was a good deception lol.
But really sometimes you want to see the world in a different light to bring something fresh and interesting.
Even looking at an orchid through a knitted blanket is manipulation, because usually I would not do that.
Manipulations are addictive and become a hobby lol.
But as a rule we call it photo experiments.
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