A very useful tool, wich the majority of unexperienced photographers underestimates is the cutting tool. A great deal of the photos we take need it in order to be transformed into a perfect image and emphasize the meaning to convey.

When we photograph something attractive often we don't make it to frame perfectly the subject we're interested in, subsequently the photo will contain some disturbing elements that may divert our attention.
As you can see either in the photo at the beginning of the article "the wave hug" or in the following one "a revolutionary wall" before post production, the image contained some elements I didn't care about (sea and stones in the first one, pavement and plants in the second one). By cutting away those elements that diverted the attention from what is essential, the meaning I intended to provide the photo with is much clearer.