I don't think photoshopping to eliminate irrelevant content is malfeasance. All the way back to the days of film, photographers have cropped images, changed exp

I don't think photoshopping to eliminate irrelevant content is malfeasance. All the way back to the days of film, photographers have cropped images, changed exposures, depth of field (aperture), focal length, "dodged" or "burned" different areas of the print, all to achieve a better presentation of the main subject of the photo.