First of all, if I present a picture of one of my trees it is what it is. I have no reason to nor do I find it amusing to fool people with virtual structural changes so you can rest on being fooled. The leaves are all there, the branches and pot and so on. Now when it comes to color enhancement I am more liberal. If you ever photographed a still object you will understand light plays an important role. True colors often get washed out from reflection. Light source may be real or artificial. Each option will give a different results in an image. Now in a perfect world I want to see true colors so if I have the option to do so I am all for it. If someone feels they are being cheated from seeing the real image I am more than happy to show them an untouched image. Just remember, the camera does not see what our eye perceives. Two totally different systems.
__Gary