Oh, Apple Daily

This was the frontpage photo on the Chinese language Apple Daily today. And to think Patrick Schneider was fired for getting too photoshop-happy on the tones of a sunset:

Of course, it's arguable that since the manipulations are so blatant, the image is an illustration rather than a photograph. But of course those are routinely 'enhanced' too, according to a reporter at another daily. "The photographer assigned to the lantern festival didn't have enough lanterns in his shot," she said, "so he used the clone tool until he had enough."