Reminds me a bit of the photo manipulation on Nat Geo cover photo of Egyptian pyramids.[1]
[1] https://medium.com/engl462/visual-deceptions-national-geogra...
[1] https://medium.com/engl462/visual-deceptions-national-geogra...
The funny thing is that even cropping can be an editorial decision. All media lies to a certain extent.
Don't let "perfect" be the enemy of "good." It's technically true that all media lies to a certain extent, but painstakingly modifying the actual content of a photograph such that no physical device could ever capture the result is obviously way worse than just cropping the image.