Guys, it's up to your good selves to decide if you want to declare the use of photo editing software or not. Rules aren't going to please everyone and we've already had loads of discussions about this and that over the past few days and it's starting to get a bit annoying not only for myself, but for the people that just want to enter a nice photo.
Surely it's not a problem if you've used Photoshop to edit something and then just adding a comment like - used Photoshop to sharpen contrast or 100mm lense used for 90 second blur. Most of my photos are taken by a good mobile phone camera and occasionally I will change the settings on my phone, I have no problem declaring that I sharpened contrast etc. Im more likely to vote for a simple point and shoot photo than an over the top photo anyway.
These are just general rules for a simple competition that isnt for a prize, just for bragging rights for an entire month.
As for person X owning a state of the art camera, person Y owning a point and shoot and person z owning a mobile phone, well thats life. I own all 3, but theres no way Im lugging my expensive camera around the hills when my point and shoot or mobile phone can take decent photos.
