Straight out of the Camera (SOTC) vs Editing

Many people don't realise that every photographer, amateur or professional, we all edit our photos using Lightroom or Photoshop to some degree. It doesn't make us "fake". Skills are still needed prior to editing on the computer, if you get the shot wrong from the start, editing software won't save you!
They did it back in the days of the darkroom. Dodging, Burning, Double Exposure, Blending Exposures... It can all be done in the darkroom. And it's what we all do now.
Below is an example of a shot of mine SOTC vs Editing in Photoshop.
Cameras don't have the capacity to see the High Dynamic Range that our eyes can see. That's where blending exposures and dodging and burning prove necessary. Sometimes you might even be hopeless like me and can't line up your horizon...