Editing: Effects

Adding effects to a photograph can enhance features of the image that may lack emphasis when viewing them in their original state. Altering the colour to make the photo into black and white or sepia, for example, can make a big improvement; it also makes images more interesting to look at because they're different to the usual.
On the other hand adding certain effects can make the image look worse; for example in the images below I think the image look s best in it's original form.

Original







Black and White








Sepia









Other than colour you can edit images in terms of exposure: adjusting the brightness, contrast, shadows and highlights in order to improve it.

Original









       Adjusting 'Brightness'

Adjusting 'Shadow'










Adjusting 'highlights'