Credit, where credit is due

I don't deserve credit for the beauty in this subject matter (and I'm not insinuating that this looks like a professional image - just saying).

A dreary very overcast, very early February morning photograph was transformed into something better by the magic of computer software.

Camera Raw:  Exposure +0.8 and Noise reduction

PS CS5:  Screen layer 100%

SOOC - straight out of camera

I didn't do it well.

A true photographer would have had a much better image SOOC.

I think my ISO was at 3200.

This image was not "enhanced" by software, it was "fixed" by software and it still has issues.

And, I over-cropped it.

Here is a version using an applied texture by Kim Klassen

after the same Camera Raw adjustments above.

So when you see a photograph that you like, just remember that everything is not always what it appears to be.