Edit: Camera Raw

Camera Raw is pretty awesome. I am still learning how to use it, but I am having fun in the process. For this first image, I just did a few edits with Camera Raw. It definitely makes things easier and faster with editing. I increased the blacks, and added a little brightness, clarity, and vibrance. The original is first; the edited version is second.
 

 

Sunset; 1/30/11—5:27 PM; Rexburg, ID; f/8; 1/250 sec; Sony DSC-S930

           

For the second image, I actually took a raw image with a DSLR. The lighting wasn't very great when I took the picture, but I was able to fix it up quite nicely with Camera Raw. I increased the recovery, blacks, brightness, contrast, clarity, vibrance, and saturation in this image. I also cropped it in.

Magic?: 1/29/11—7:52 PM; Blackfoot, ID; f/3.3; 1/10 sec; Nikon D70s; raw image

This image is of a little trick my brother-in-law taught me. Pretty cool, huh?