Lightroom to the Rescue

I've actually been prepping a post full of pictures altered in Adobe Lightroom, but this example was too good to pass up. The top picture is obviously the original, as shot back in early December 2005. It was shot with my little point and shoot, which is a solid camera, but it has a tendency to overexpose on cloudy days. Between that and the general lack of color "punch" I have a lot of pictures from that fall that I'm not entirely happy with. While the modified version below isn't perfect, it is immensely improved.