Recording the scene or event, is probably my main reason (80%) for taking photographs, although I do also take 'Awkward' images with the intention of manipulating them in some way just out of curiosity, or to hone my image-editing skills on, (15%) so when that shot comes along which requires work on it, I can make a better job of it. Finally, there are those times (5%) I'll see something which just cries out to be we-worked in some way, and I will while away many an hour on it, until I get the desired effect. However, I will always present this to people as a manipulated image.