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Very pretty and serene. 
I would probably go B&W with this particular photo and push that contrast as far as I could. Under the pier is already lost to shadows, so I'd go until I could get some detail in the sky to pop.
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I am going to try that right now!! Thank you so much for the suggestion!
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I'm looking forward to the results!
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I'm worried if I add anymore contrast the pier will look too dark.
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Do you have Photoshop and the original file?
Do you shoot in RAW?
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I wish I had photoshop!! Too expensive =[ I don't have the original file... my laptop crashed last year before I was able to add my pictures to my external hardrive.
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Photoshop is *cough* pricey... though, you don't need Photoshop to adjust levels. How about Adobe Lightroom? The retail version of LR is $200, the student version should be MUCH cheaper. I'm not sure of other photo editing software out there, but I'm sure there should be something out there that will give you control of levels.
The ability to adjust levels is KEY. Without that, most of my photos would be bland! I'm not kidding! Depending on the camera, there is a lot of exposure headroom stored in the RAW files. The better the camera the more headroom, generally.
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I used to have ummm paintshop pro which I got from a friend but my laptop crashed and I lost it. Never heard of Adobe Lightroom. How would I obtain a student version? I'm not studying photography at school... if that's what you mean.
I definitely agree with you about adjusting levels. I usually attempt to adjust them with my dinky little program before I post photos
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Lightroom was designed with pro photogs in mind. They even listened to feedback throughout and AFTER the development period! Just with a quick google search I found one place that had the student version listed at $100. Can't beat that with a stick! You don't have to be a photography student, just be a student.
And please, please, please, shoot RAW!
Okay, hopping outside to see if the moon is out from behind the clouds yet...
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Wow sounds like a great program! I hate to sound stupid but what are the benefits of shooting in RAW and how do I do that?
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The program will allow you to make adjustments to exposure, color, saturation, cropping, and such.
It's not stupid at all. These things are usually very new to new dSLR owners. RAW captures the data exactly as the sensor sees it without compressing the data. It captures more data than can be displayed accurately on any TV and just about any computer monitor.
What RAW allows is greater control over editing the final look of the picture. When you shoot jpeg, what you see is what you get. You can do minor adjustments, but if you push it too far it's going to start to look cruddy. When you shoot RAW, you can push it much further, reach deeper into those shadows and highlights, pull colors back from the brink, and turn what would have otherwise been a throwaway photo into a work of art.
It will be in your camera menus. If you get lost in the menus (I do), it would be listed in the user's manual. You will have the option of RAW, RAW+jpeg, and jpeg. There may be a few others, but those are the usual suspects. I recommend just RAW, but for the first couple tries shoot both RAW+jpeg to see the difference.
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