Tweak or Not to Tweak? If a photo is in focus and correctly expossed, then it will generally be passable. But I have come to the conclusion that 99% of photos can be visually improved by "tweaking" a bit in an image program. Over the years I've tried lots of different ones, Photoshop is the king, it does so much and takes many hours to master it. Paint Shop Pro and GIMP are both great, but I've narrowed it down to three, which are very easy and quick to use: Irfanview - great for minimal adjustment to exposure, contast and colour Easy HDR Basic - for stretching the exposure range (as long as you go easy on the HDR) PhotoScape - good for everything and mimicking a film photo look. I used it for the above photo that was under exposed.