What is included in the term “subject manipulation”?
“Almost everything”
TTG's broad definition means that the term “subject manipulation” includes tweaking, adjusting, arranging, orchestrating, influencing, managing, moving, posing, staging, guiding, directing, steering, nudging, or repositioning whatever is being photographed (including a person) at any time before the photograph is recorded.
“Almost everything other than open ocean, virgin wilderness, and contrail-free/satellite-free skies could qualify as ‘subject-manipulated’ under the definition that TTG uses.” —FAQ #701
No photograph of any three-dimensional scene is ever disqualified from TTG because of what was done to the subject—
— but many “subject-manipulated” photographs cannot meet P8 (and thus cannot qualify as TTG) unless the TTG-IC label, and often more explanation, is attached to the photograph.