Fog

Fair enough. Didn't enter. Given the rule as expressed, Ansell wouldn't have been able to enter.

Yes he would!
Many of his images were heavily edited, but he could have entered his unedited images.
Even if he had chosen not to do so, I suggest he would have had enough respect for the stated rules, and the views of others, to refrain from inflamatory and quite insulting comments as in your original post.

@jetals

The computer is to the digital camera as the darkroom was to the film camera.

While this comparison has its limits (one could potentially print directly from a digital camera to a printer) it largely holds up.

Therefore your statement "if you prefer to spend your time at a computer" is as appropriate as saying in the age of film "if you prefer to stand in a dark room."

The difference is that post processing (or perhaps better DEVELOPING) on a computer provides a level of control that was impossible in film dark rooms.

Rather than trying to hold back technological advancements, attempts both foolish and futile, you should take the time to master such advancements.

You will then find your fear and distrust evaporating like fog.