Are you ever happy with your pictures straight out of camera?

Quite right.  A little tweaking means a small bit of cropping, straightening, lightening, upping contrast and perhaps a touch more sharpening.  In other words ALL jpg and raw images require some minor improvement.  Image manipulation isn't a sin.  Digital allows for post editing which is nothing but good.  In the old 'transparency' film days you HAD to do it right the first time.  No more.

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Don V. Armitage