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Originally Posted by protheus

Overexposure, underexposure and many more effects can be made with the camera itself. Look here, at a relative of mine some photos Flickr: Giuseppe Barillaro's Photostream (ps: at his house I met Valentino Rossi ).
He hardly uses editing on his photos, except when he messes around for fun, not at his "work".

PS: This is one of mine, made at 1 AM, pitch black, 60 seconds exposure.Nature calling - Stampede 0536 - Jurnalul M.eu

Of course you're always going to have outliers, and of course no one will ever have the same skill level. But in truth, unless for artistic purposes, most photographers aren't going for realism as much as they are for sensationalism.