Pixel Perfect Blog Hop

Monica over at "Pixel Perfect" hosts a fun blog hop every week where we show off our before and after editing techniques. I am so happy that I have my new camera so now I can really take some great photos and I finally understand how to use some different aspects of my photo editing software. Here we go:

Straight out of camera....

And the edit.

I used paint.net and the layering effect to edit this one. I liked this effect because I wasn't really impressed with the tree in the photo. The tree is ugly. No blooms, no leaves. Just a plain ol' naked tree. But the sky in the background was beautiful. Using this layering tool, I was able to create a sort of silhouette of the tree and enhance the rich colors in the background.