Situation
Your school photographer captured an awesome crowd photograph just as your girls basketball team won the state championship. All aspects of an excellent photograph — emotion, color, use of line and rule of thirds — are present. On closer examination, one sees several students with their middle fingers extended.
I believe that the picture should not be Photoshoped in any way. The students who are flipping off the winning team add to the intensity of the image. It shows the rivalry between the teams and the reality of the situation shows the emotion. People know that this is something that would happen, and if it takes some very close examination, people who are just reading the article, not looking for every little thing to criticize, probably will not even notice the students. Photography is about catching the reality of situations, and I feel that removing the fingers of these students would show a biased view towards the winning team as well. While photographing subjects do not intentionally contribute to, alter, or seek to alter or influence events. This event happened, and this is how each side has reacted.
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