Processing, before and after comparison.

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Recently bought a copy of "Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers" and have found it very enlightening, i've always used photoshop since version 5 all those years ago, even so i've always been a pretty basic user and I think many people around here will run rings around me, that said i've been applying some of what i've read to my images in more than just levels and cloning out dust/bits.. Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on the following comparison..

Shot at Burghley, ISO 200, F2.8, 1/1600sec, RAW.

Completley unedited, converted only to JPG and cropped ever so slightly.


Before:

After:

 

[V-Spec]

Thanks for the comments guys,

This was done on a calibrated display so i'm reasonably confident for printing, that said, i'm looking at this from my rubbish work TFT and it does appear the whites are a tad blown out.
I haven't done any sharpening, but I did modify the midtone contrast, curves and highlights, messed around with a few layers and other bits that I read..
The main reason I picked that shot is that it had an overall orange/yellow tint to it, its not so obvious on an uncalibrated display but at home it was getting on my nerves...