A while back I had seen a post on Instagram of the Artists Bridge but the wooden barriers placed to keep vehicles from driving through were missing, it took me a moment and then I realized the person had photo shopped them out of the picture.  I didn’t like it.  For me it is one thing to use filters to sharpens the colors, and I am okay with cropping the photo to get rid of anything I don’t like on the periphery but to edit something out, and as I have seen in other photos add something in, doesn’t see like photography to me.

Is this photo any less lovely for having the wooden barriers in it?