I like photography doubly so as a craft, and forgive me if a heavily shopped stacked comp isn't making my heart quicken.

Care to explain? I actually do take pictures with a camera from time to time.

Again, this was staged. Also, when Tom Cruise performed his own stunts in Mission Impossible, that value I can understand. That is better than photoshop. Because they were hard stunts. This on the other hand seems to be standard.