Kadan a cikin wata 1 da suka gabata muna da a gabanmu yaudarar da McCurry ya yi tare da cewa magudi na hoto zuwa sanya waɗannan hotunan su yi fice hakan ya sa ya zama ɗayan shahararrun masu ɗaukar hoto kuma waɗanda aka kama shi ta hanyar shahararrun kafofin watsa labarai kamar National Geographic. Mujallar da ba ta ba da izinin sake fasalin ɗaukar hoto, tunda hakan zai sa ka rasa lokacin da aka kama yanayi a cikin mawuyacin halin ta.
Ya kasance akwai babban martani na jama'a game da hotuna da aka sarrafa ta hanyar sadarwa a cikin kafofin watsa labarai, kuma galibi saboda kyawawan dalilai: Hotunan da aka gyara suna ɗaga tsammanin mai ban sha'awa ga mai kallo, baya ga ɓatarwa gaba ɗaya a cikin mafi munanan maganganu. National Geographic ba banda a cikin irin wannan yanayin ɗaukar hoto wanda da gaske yake ɗaukar yanayi ko ɗan adam kansa a mazaunin sa.
Yanzu haka mujallar ta buga wani yanki da ke yin sharhi a kansa yadda suke saurin daukar wadannan hotunan Suna yaudarar jama'a da wasu dabarun Photoshop masu sauki. Ya nace cewa masu daukar hoto (duk wadanda suke son su da masu son koyon) su samar da fayilolin RAW duk lokacin da zai yiwu, kuma zai yi tambaya ga duk wanda ba shi da wadannan fayilolin a hannu.
Hatta mujallar tana kula da cewa ba batun ka’ida bane, amma tuni akwai wani lokaci da aka ki karbar wasu hotunan saboda wannan dalilin. Wannan ba yana nufin cewa National Geographic ya sabawa manufar inganta hotunan bane. Shin bisa ga wani nau'in sarrafawa, wanda zai iya fahimta yayin da mai ɗaukar hoto ke buƙatar haskaka wasu launuka ko ƙara haske ga abin da suka gani da idanunsu.
Don haka an ƙaddara littafin don kaucewa maimaitawar wasu kuskuren da aka yi a cikin 80s, lokacin da ya ba da izinin retouching a wasu manyan hotuna masu mahimmanci kuma hakan ya kasance ya zama ɓangaren murfin mujallar kanta.