The ethics of digital photo editing

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As new techniques and processes became available, Ansel Adams used those new techniques and processes to make new prints of many of his popular images.

And what would be this new techniques and processes ? Asking just out of curiosity.
Tha basic question of how much of editing digital images is too much has simple answer: whatever you feel like. There is no limit. After all making digital images is a very creative thing and even communists in Russia didn't put any limit on that. ( Well, at least after Stalin death.) Since French impressionism people accepted and embraced (finally) free, artistic spirit and artistic editing quickly reached finesse of cubism. So why not to go all the way having this new tools of old trades, they are here to be used, clean and easy (maybe). A few minutes or few hours of virtual simulation and voila, impressive image might be ready. I don't think we have to bother ourselves with accuracy of the images (people always like to look on the pictures better, than in reality). Even AA said he wanted to reflect nature as accurately as possible and he was the first offender of that credo. So, there is no way to say how much is too much, do it the way you like and just make sure picture reflects your feeling, your vision, your emotions.