In it's strictest, from the book definition, photography is capturing an image on any light-sensitive surface. So taking the picture is an act of photography. Anything done after is, well, done after. But probably about 90% of the work you see out there is post processed in some way. Whether it's "straight from the camera" or not. If the image was ever in a format other than the camera's native RAW format, it's been processed somewhere by something.
As for how much (or "what kind of" may be more accurate) processing turns a photograph into something else, well that's a call you'd have to make on your own.
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