I think things are changing slowly and people are coming around to understanding that digitally altered art of any kind still takes skill. I was in a local photography group and the held weekly contests but you couldn’t edit your images... which my niche is composite so I couldn’t enter anything. I CAN take ‘regular’ photography it’s just not my interest... I ended up leaving that group. Also I’ve had ppl ask me online what app/filter I use...like as if my images are created via a Snapchat filter or something 🤣😂
Just a lot of not understanding what goes into things I guess.