[Chris Saper]

Steven et al,

In my opinion, whether professional or reckless, the only point to sending slides is to most accurately show the painting you have done. Not to change it, but to make the slide look as close to the original as possible. How else would one judge?

If artists essentially want to cheat and "fix" the paintings' problems, then they **** well better execute the changes prior to the show.

I think that the bottom line is, you want to show the judges the image that most accurately represents your painting. In a competition that is 'live' it will immediately be evident whether an applicant has fudged. When a competition does not involve viewing original work, there is basically no way to weed out what I would call "digitally altered images". But in the long run, all will, I think, become evident.

After looking at this thread and talking to Linda Brandon, I think that if your digital camera has enough megapixels, you will still be financially ahead to zoom an image to a production lab, compared to the purchase of slide film, processing, and duplication.