Hey Hive account@sukhasanasister! There is one thing using other's people work for your own benefits and a totally different thing using a given set of images, images that I explicitly gave my permission to be used and manipulated for this contest.
Regarding photo manipulations, as you can see I am not against that. You, as a photographer manipulate the scene when you decide what to leave in your image. All the great photographers used to manipulate their images. Ansel Adams used dodge and burn to highlight parts of the image. I agree, it's one thing using dodge and burn and a totally different thing creating an image from nothing but that's why it's called digital art .
My point on stealing photos remains the same.
P.S Sorry you couldn't find the link to the files. I should have made it more visible.