Your Favourite Photo Editing Software
I apologize if this thread already exists - I searched but couldn't find one.
I imagine we can limit this to those of us too poor to buy or too scared to pirate Adobe Photoshop, ha!
I generally use Windows Live Photo Gallery to stitch together panoramas and straighten photos.
Beyond that, almost all of the edits I make to my photos are intended to minimize the natural effects of long-distance shots. Sometimes they're too bright, too dark, too blue, etc.
And, for me, the best program I've ever found is Sagelight.
To give you an idea... before on the right, after on the left:
So, I'm curious, what do you use? Any tips for the rest of us?