“Look at this one,” the man said, holding up a large photo. “I took this one just this last March, as it was warming up.
“It’s really nice,” the other man replied. “Do you touch them up at all?”
“What do you mean?” the first man asked.
“Do you use Photoshop, or are these images pretty much as you took them?”
“Ah,” the first man laughed, “I do some adjustments. Brightness and contrast, mostly. I don’t get too much into it. I just don’t understand how to do it. My wife showed me how to do that much, though. I do it on my computer, while I’m on the road. I like to edit them as I take them.”
“That’s all you need, really,” the other man said. “A couple adjustment layers to help the colors pop. Keep it simple. Editing isn’t what makes a beautiful photograph. It’s the subject matter that is most important.”
“I couldn’t agree more,” the first man said, admiring his own photo. “These are beautiful places. God’s country, if there ever was such a place. You can’t help but take amazing pictures when you’re surrounded by all this natural splendor.”
The two men stood in silence, looking at the picture. It truly was a beautiful scene.
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