Editing

So I'm taking my Tracy Clark class : Picture Summer....an online class that is helping me focus on composition and all things summer.  The problem is I am on the fence with editing.  I've been taught that good photographers do all the hard stuff with their camera not an editing program.  So I sort of feel like I am cheating a bit when I mess with a picture after it's taken.  But take a look at the following two pictures...I reeally like my composition....cold drink (focus of the day) and the berries.  The items were inside the fridge when I took the picture so....light not so great.  So I played with it just a bit and fixed it. 

above : unedited

and......the same image that I played with a bit in Picnik

Obviously, the Picniked photo is much better....right?

But man that editing is just another step.......

that I am sure I'll become addicted to.

For the record all of the picture summer pictures have not be edited except this one here in this post.