Does frame really enhance the shot?

[swedg]

[BigFuzzy]

No. Not in my opinion. But it's a taste thing. I pretty much hate most forms of digital framing.
The thing to ask yourself when considering things like this is something along the lines of "of all the world-class photographers in this particularly field, how many actually do this?"
Then you should have an answer to whether it's considered good for the image.

[Tzetsin]

Actually I think it really depends on the intended output. If your going to print the image, definately no digital frame. However I think if the image is to be displayed digitally online only, then using the frame helps to seperate it from the webpage and in my opinion enhances the image just for that reason. That said, in this instance, i prefer the framed image.

of course its as bigfuzzy said; its all a personal preference. I'm quite happy enjoying heavily processed images. If you ask someone who prefers natural images, you'll likely get the opposite answer.