Pics that lie

While it might look like someone is relaxing on the beach with their dog, in actuality, this picture was taken in large back yard in the hill country.  This manipulation is in no way dangerous; what's the difference between sitting on the beach or in a back yard?  I used the lasso tool to crop out the background and then adjusted the colors and lighting to make the scene dreamlike.  I like how the colors echo the gold color of the can.  According the the rules layed down in the PSAJournal, I would not be able to enter this photo into a PSA-sponsored photography contest because I combined elements of multiple photographs.  I agree with the Photographic Society of America's rules because photographs ought to represent reality in some way.  Thsi being said, ridiculously altered images are always fun.

Davis, Jr, John M. "The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth; PSA Nature Definitio..." PSA Journal 75.6 (2009): 30-33. Ebsco: Art and Architecture Complete. Web. 11 Nov. 2010.