I wouldn't call it cheating and I would have no problem as long as you are upfront with it and make the necessary disclosures, as you have done. It's a different matter if you had not said anything about the sky replacement.
Photography is a form of art, and with art, anything goes. You are painting your image on a canvas with different photography strokes. Highly acclaimed and successful photographer Joel Grimes is Master of the Composite Image:
jim allison wrote:
I started to play around with Photoshop's sky replacement tool. This so easy to use and resurrected many missed opportunities!
Hell of a lot of fun, but I feels like I'm cheating. Any comments appreciated.
Mar 18, 2021 at 01:34 PM
Previous versions of bobbytan's message #15536570 « I feel like I'm cheating? »
