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I take it this view is aimed straight at the 'pretty picture' end of imaging. There is no room for creativity in scientific imaging as the process depends on repetition.
Now looking at astroimaging from a pretty picture perspective, where is the creativity et al in having to sit and manually guide the telescope in cold/damp conditions? I find this sort of argument just as silly as is the view that you are not a 'real' astronomer if you can't star hop to find the most obscure and difficult to find deep sky targets.
One might look at the 'imaging ethics' of a digital artist compared to a traditional artist - Painting with Paint or painting with Photoshop, Sculpting in Bronze or Marble compared to CGI modelling. We have new and different tools.
Creativity is in how we achieved the result not what tools we used.
Cheers
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