Photography vs. Art
Posted in response to Tim's thread about whether photography is art...
My own view seems to change each time I'm presented with a new scene. This image sums up the differences for me... When I first saw the staircase, it looked nice but didn't look like anything special. I did however, have a feeling that there could be more to it with a bit of work in Photoshop so I took the shot anyway.
The image on the left is straight out of the camera. It was a very contrasty location with a strongly defined mixture of sunlight and shade. No adjustments have been made to this image at all (apart from the resize).
The image on the right is a mixture of a DRi shot overlaid onto the original. It's also had a texture layer added and blended into the original to give a bit more punch.