I figured SOME sort of post was done, as i touch up 99% of my photos as well, even if it's just exposure and white balance. It's just the flag and the tagging just POP out of there.... , good edits!
Thank you! and oh yes, i most certainly edited this as I do 99% of the time hehe. Using Lightroom, this one has a bit of added "clarity" and "vibrance", and I used the adjustment brush to brighten the snow and the buildings and the side of the canal a little bit while not blowing out the sky detail or water. The out of camera shot looks much more flat and dull - since the light was basically shining towards the camera I had to choose between getting nice sky detail or buildings detail. Shooting in RAW let's you pull out a surprising amount of shadow detail without ruining the picture unless you went overboard with too low of an exposure or the conditions were just too extreme.
Since you're curious, here is the dull original converted from the RAW capture with no edits:
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