[jdepould]

Some photos are good straight out of the camera, depending on what kind of camera you're using, a little sharpening, contrast might be all that's necessary or maybe more. Some people like to create what I like to call photoshop art, which is less photo and more digital graphic art, some of it is good, some of it stinks. Photoshop is like a very potent spice, you have to be careful how you use it. Everybody has different taste too.

When I do post-processing I usually try to make my edits as transparent as possible. I don't want people to look at my image and think "oh, he must have used xyz photoshop filter there."